PHP. Руководство по PHP. 2005
exif_thumbnail
exif_thumbnail
Описание
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.