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runFitsForFile()

Description

Metadata related functions

Functions related to resource metadata in general

@package ResourceSpace\Includes



Run FITS on a file and get the output back

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$file_path string Physical path to the file

Return

bool | SimpleXMLElement

Location

include/metadata_functions.php lines 21 to 41

Definition

 
function runFitsForFile($file_path)
{
    global 
$fits_path;

    
$fits              get_utility_path('fits');
    
$fits_path_escaped escapeshellarg($fits_path);
    
$file              escapeshellarg($file_path);

    if (
false === $fits) {
        
debug('ERROR: FITS library could not be located!');
        return 
false;
    }

    
putenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH={$fits_path_escaped}/tools/mediainfo/linux");

    
$return run_command("{$fits} -i {$file} -xc");
    if (
trim($return) != "") {
        return new 
SimpleXMLElement($return);
    }
    return 
false;
}

This article was last updated 15th February 2025 20:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 21st January 2025 15:20 Europe/London time.