memories/lib/Exif.php

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

namespace OCA\Memories;

use OCA\Memories\AppInfo\Application;
use OCP\Files\File;
use OCP\IConfig;

class Exif {
    /**
     * Get the path to the user's configured photos directory.
     * @param IConfig $config
     * @param string $userId
     */
    public static function getPhotosPath(IConfig &$config, string &$userId) {
        $p = $config->getUserValue($userId, Application::APPNAME, 'timelinePath', '');
        if (empty($p)) {
            return '/Photos/';
        }
        return $p;
    }

    /**
     * Get exif data as a JSON object from a Nextcloud file.
     * @param File $file
     */
    public static function getExifFromFile(File &$file) {
        $handle = $file->fopen('rb');
        if (!$handle) {
            throw new \Exception('Could not open file');
        }

        $exif = self::getExifFromStream($handle);
        fclose($handle);
        return $exif;
    }

    /**
     * Get exif data as a JSON object from a stream.
     * @param resource $handle
     */
    public static function getExifFromStream(&$handle) {
        // Start exiftool and output to json
        $pipes = [];
        $proc = proc_open('exiftool -json -', [
            0 => array('pipe', 'rb'),
            1 => array('pipe', 'w'),
            2 => array('pipe', 'w'),
        ], $pipes);

        // Write the file to exiftool's stdin
        // Assume exif exists in the first 256 kb of the file
        stream_copy_to_stream($handle, $pipes[0], 256 * 1024);
        fclose($pipes[0]);

        // Get output from exiftool
        $stdout = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);

        // Clean up
        fclose($pipes[1]);
        fclose($pipes[2]);
        proc_close($proc);

        // Parse the json
        $json = json_decode($stdout, true);
        if (!$json) {
            throw new \Exception('Could not read exif data');
        }
        return $json[0];
    }

    /**
     * Get the date taken from either the file or exif data if available.
     * @param File $file
     * @param array $exif
     */
    public static function getDateTaken(File &$file, array &$exif) {
        $dt = $exif['DateTimeOriginal'];
        if (!isset($dt) || empty($dt)) {
            $dt = $exif['CreateDate'];
        }

        // Check if found something
        if (isset($dt) && !empty($dt)) {
            $dt = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y:m:d H:i:s', $dt);
            if ($dt && $dt->getTimestamp() > -5364662400) { // 1800 A.D.
                return $dt->getTimestamp();
            }
        }

        // Fall back to creation time
        $dateTaken = $file->getCreationTime();

        // Fall back to upload time
        if ($dateTaken == 0) {
            $dateTaken = $file->getUploadTime();
        }

        // Fall back to modification time
        if ($dateTaken == 0) {
            $dateTaken = $file->getMtime();
        }
        return $dateTaken;
    }
}