Retrieve the embedded thumbnail of a TIFF or JPEG image

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# exif_thumbnail

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

exif_thumbnail — Retrieve the embedded thumbnail of a TIFF or JPEG image

### Description

string exif_thumbnail ( string `$filename` [, int `&$width` [, int `&$height` [, int `&$imagetype` ]]] )

exif_thumbnail() reads the embedded thumbnail of a TIFF or JPEG image.

If you want to deliver thumbnails through this function, you should send the mimetype information using the header() function.

It is possible that exif_thumbnail() cannot create an image but can determine its size. In this case, the return value is `FALSE` but `width` and `height` are set.

### Parameters

`filename`

  The name of the image file being read. This image contains an embedded thumbnail.

`width`

  The return width of the returned thumbnail.

`height`

  The returned height of the returned thumbnail.

`imagetype`

  The returned image type of the returned thumbnail. This is either TIFF or JPEG.

### Return Values

Returns the embedded thumbnail, or `FALSE` if the image contains no thumbnail.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
4.3.0 | The optional parameters `width`, `height`, and `imagetype` all became available.
4.3.0 | May return thumbnails in the TIFF format.

### Examples

Example #1 exif_thumbnail() example

`<?php
if (array_key_exists('file', $_REQUEST)) {
$image = exif_thumbnail($_REQUEST['file'], $width, $height, $type);
} else {
$image = false;
}
if ($image!==false) {
header('Content-type: ' .image_type_to_mime_type($type));
echo $image;
exit;
} else {
// no thumbnail available, handle the error here
echo 'No thumbnail available';
}
?>`

### See Also

- exif_read_data() - Reads the EXIF headers from JPEG or TIFF
- image_type_to_mime_type() - Get Mime-Type for image-type returned by getimagesize, exif_read_data, exif_thumbnail, exif_imagetype

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