jQuery image preview exif rotation issue

Question

I am using this jQuery function do display the image before uploading. The images are uploaded from mobile devices and have problems with the exif orientation. This function just change the src of the preview image with the base64 code of the actual file image.

On server side (php) i am using a function to correct the exif rotation on upload.

Can i make something similar in jQuery to my PHP code? So that i can display the image before uploading with the right rotation?

Javascript

function readURL(input) {

    if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
        var reader = new FileReader();

        reader.onload = function (e) {
            $('#blah').attr('src', e.target.result);
        }

        reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
    }
}

$("#imgInp").change(function(){
    readURL(this);
});

PHP

function image_fix_orientation($filename) {
    $exif = exif_read_data($filename);
    if (!empty($exif['Orientation'])) {
        $image = imagecreatefromjpeg($filename);
        switch ($exif['Orientation']) {
            case 3:
                $image = imagerotate($image, 180, 0);
                break;

            case 6:
                $image = imagerotate($image, -90, 0);
                break;

            case 8:
                $image = imagerotate($image, 90, 0);
                break;
        }

        imagejpeg($image, $filename, 100);
    }
}

Answer 1

Yes, sure. To preview image you are using FileReader API that right. But also you have to check EXIF flags and fix orientation. You can use https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jseidelin/exif-js/master/exif.js

And check flags like this:

function fixExifOrientation($img) {
    $img.on('load', function() {
        EXIF.getData($img[0], function() {
            console.log('Exif=', EXIF.getTag(this, "Orientation"));
            switch(parseInt(EXIF.getTag(this, "Orientation"))) {
                case 2:
                    $img.addClass('flip'); break;
                case 3:
                    $img.addClass('rotate-180'); break;
                case 4:
                    $img.addClass('flip-and-rotate-180'); break;
                case 5:
                    $img.addClass('flip-and-rotate-270'); break;
                case 6:
                    $img.addClass('rotate-90'); break;
                case 7:
                    $img.addClass('flip-and-rotate-90'); break;
                case 8:
                    $img.addClass('rotate-270'); break;
            }
        });
    });
}

I prefer to rotate images with CSS transform. Here is implementation:

.rotate-90 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(90deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(90deg);
  transform: rotate(90deg);
}

.rotate-180 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(180deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(180deg);
  transform: rotate(180deg);
}

.rotate-270 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(270deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(270deg);
  transform: rotate(270deg);
}

.flip {
  -moz-transform: scaleX(-1);
  -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1);
  -o-transform: scaleX(-1);
  transform: scaleX(-1);
}

.flip-and-rotate-90 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(90deg) scaleX(-1);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg) scaleX(-1);
  -o-transform: rotate(90deg) scaleX(-1);
  transform: rotate(90deg) scaleX(-1);
}

.flip-and-rotate-180 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(180deg) scaleX(-1);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg) scaleX(-1);
  -o-transform: rotate(180deg) scaleX(-1);
  transform: rotate(180deg) scaleX(-1);
}

.flip-and-rotate-270 {
  -moz-transform: rotate(270deg) scaleX(-1);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(270deg) scaleX(-1);
  -o-transform: rotate(270deg) scaleX(-1);
  transform: rotate(270deg) scaleX(-1);
}