In this short snippet, you will learn how to easily get image width, height, and metadata in PHP. This can be achieved using the "getimagesize()" PHP built-in method.
This method accepts the image path and then will return an array of information. You can extract the value directly using the "list()" method and it's as follows.
getimagesize() method
This method accepts the image path and then will return an array of information. You can extract the value directly using the "list()" method and it's as follows.
<?php
list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize("some-image.jpg");The output of the above code will be like below.
[
0 => 200,
1 => 120,
2 => 18,
3 => 'width="200" height="120"',
'bits' => 8,
'mime' => 'image/webp',
]getimagesize with Laravel Storage
Do note that you can also pass in the image path from the Laravel model like below. Imagine you have a Post model that store the path of the image that's located within the storage directory.
<?php
$path = storage_path('app/public/' . Post::first()->poster);
list($width, $height, $type, $attr) = getimagesize($path);
