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stripMetadata()

Description

Strips metadata from file


command returned instead of running the command on the file

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$file_path string Physical path to file that will have metadata stripped. Use NULL to just get the exiftool

Return

boolean|string Returns TRUE or the Exiftool command for stripping metadata

Location

include/resource_functions.php lines 4555 to 4581

Definition

 
function stripMetadata($file_path)
    {
    debug_function_call('stripMetadata', func_get_args());
    $exiftool_fullpath = get_utility_path('exiftool');

    if($exiftool_fullpath === false)
        {
        trigger_error('stripMetadata function requires Exiftool utility!');
        }

    $command = "{$exiftool_fullpath} -m -overwrite_original -E -gps:all= -EXIF:all= -XMP:all= -IPTC:all=";

    if(is_null($file_path))
        {
        return $command;
        }

    if(!file_exists($file_path) || !is_writable($file_path))
        {
        return false;
        }

    $file_path = escapeshellarg($file_path);
    run_command("{$command} {$file_path}");

    return true;
    }

This article was last updated 14th December 2024 20:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 13th December 2024 14:45 Europe/London time.