PHP extract GPS EXIF data

Question

I would like to extract the GPS EXIF tag from pictures using php. I\'m using the exif_read_data() that returns a array of all tags + data :

GPS.         


        

Answer 1

To get the altitude value, you can use the following 3 lines:

$data     = exif_read_data($path_to_your_photo, 0, TRUE);
$alt      = explode('/', $data["GPS"]["GPSAltitude"]);
$altitude = (isset($alt[1])) ? ($alt[0] / $alt[1]) : $alt[0];