Convert String Expression to Value

[ocon]

I'm trying to read image exif data to determine its location. Unfortunately it appears it is stored in a convoluted manner.

$exif = exif_read_data($file, 0, true);
print_r($exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"]); // array("40/1","42/1","1224/25");

What I need to do is to resolve these fractions to get: 40, 42, 48.96

From that point I can take X+((Y+(Z/60))/60) = 40.7136

Unfortunately I cannot seem to resolve the fractions to even begin.

echo $exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2]; // 1224/25
echo floatval($exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2]); // 1224
echo floatval($exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2]*1); // 1224
echo ($exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2]*1); // 1224

What I'm trying to do is convert a string like 1224/25 to the number 48.96.

[lucy24]

Yes, it's dropping everything after the leading batch of numerics. If you need a placeholder function to let you carry on into the rest of the coding, you can do it by cheating:

$bar = $exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2];
// $bar = "1224/25";
$place = strpos($bar,"/");
if ($place < strlen($bar))
{
$first = substr($bar,0,$place);
$second = substr($bar,$place+1);
echo $first / $second;
}

[ocon]

Thank you Lucy!

I also found that I can explode on the slash.

$seconds = explode("/", $exif["GPS"]["GPSLatitude"][2]);
$seconds = $seconds[0]/$seconds[1];

It just seems strange, like there should be a simpler approach, but I guess not.

[lucy24]

I could positively swear I found a command that interprets a string as a mathematical expression. But-- stop me if you've heard this one --when I went actively looking for it, it had vanished without a trace :(

:: memo to self: remember the word "explode", which will save me time in own code ::