With the exif extension you are able to work with image meta data.  For
     example, you may use exif functions to read meta data of pictures taken 
     from digital cameras by working with information stored in the headers of 
     the JPEG and TIFF images.
    
     Your PHP must be compiled in with --enable-exif.  
     PHP does not require any additional library for the exif module. Windows
     users must also have the  mbstring
     extension enabled.
    
  To enable exif-support configure PHP with 
  --enable-exif
 
  Windows users must enable both the php_mbstring.dll
  and php_exif.dll DLL's in php.ini. The 
  php_mbstring.dll DLL must be loaded 
  before the php_exif.dll DLL so
  adjust your php.ini accordingly.
 
这些函数的行为受 php.ini 的影响。
  Exif supports automatically conversion for Unicode and JIS 
  character encodings of user comments when module
  mbstring
  is available. This is done by first decoding the comment
  using the specified characterset. The result is then encoded
  with another characterset which should match your
  HTTP output.
 
表格 1. Exif configuration options
| Name | Default | Changeable | Changelog | 
|---|
| exif.encode_unicode | "ISO-8859-15" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
| exif.decode_unicode_motorola | "UCS-2BE" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
| exif.decode_unicode_intel | "UCS-2LE" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
| exif.encode_jis | "" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
| exif.decode_jis_motorola | "JIS" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
| exif.decode_jis_intel | "JIS" | PHP_INI_ALL | Available since PHP 4.3.0. | 
  有关 PHP_INI_* 常量进一步的细节与定义参见 
附录 H。
 
以下是该配置选项的简要解释。
  
- exif.encode_unicode
     string
 
     exif.encode_unicode defines the 
     characterset UNICODE user comments are handled.
     This defaults to ISO-8859-15 which should work for
     most non Asian countries. The setting can be empty
     or must be an encoding supported by mbstring. If it
     is empty the current internal encoding of mbstring is
     used.
    
- exif.decode_unicode_motorola
     string
 
      exif.decode_unicode_motorola defines 
      the image internal characterset for Unicode encoded user 
      comments if image is in motorola byte order (big-endian).
      This setting cannot be empty but you can specify a list
      of encodings supported by mbstring. The default is UCS-2BE.
     
- exif.decode_unicode_intel
     string
 
      exif.decode_unicode_intel defines 
      the image internal characterset for Unicode encoded user 
      comments if image is in intel byte order (little-endian).
      This setting cannot be empty but you can specify a list
      of encodings supported by mbstring. The default is UCS-2LE.
     
- exif.encode_jis
     string
 
      exif.encode_jis defines the 
      characterset JIS user comments are handled.
      This defaults to an empty value which forces 
      the functions to use the current internal encoding
      of mbstring.
     
- exif.decode_jis_motorola
     string
 
      exif.decode_jis_motorola defines 
      the image internal characterset for JIS encoded user 
      comments if image is in motorola byte order (big-endian).
      This setting cannot be empty but you can specify a list
      of encodings supported by mbstring. The default is JIS.
     
- exif.decode_jis_intel
     string
 
      exif.decode_jis_intel defines 
      the image internal characterset for JIS encoded user 
      comments if image is in intel byte order (little-endian).
      This setting cannot be empty but you can specify a list
      of encodings supported by mbstring. The default is JIS.
     
 
 以下常量由本扩展模块定义,因此只有在本扩展模块被编译到
PHP 中,或者在运行时被动态加载后才有效。
  
 
  The exif_imagetype() lists several related built-in
  constants.