gistfile1.php

<?php

/*
    protected function ReturnFileProperties($File)
    {
            if($Fileprops =  new Imagick($File))
            {
                    $FileProps = array();
                    $FileProps['MimeType'] = "IMAGE/".$Fileprops->getImageFormat();
                    $FileProps['FileSize'] = $Fileprops->getImageLength();
                    $FileProps['FileName'] = basename($File);
                    $FileProps['Width'] = $Fileprops->getImageWidth();
                    $FileProps['Height'] = $Fileprops->getImageHeight();
                    $FileProps['CreationDate'] = date("c",strtotime($Fileprops->getImageProperties("exif:DateTimeOriginal", TRUE)['exif:DateTimeOriginal']))."Z";
                    
                    return($FileProps);
            }
            else
                    return(false);
    }
*/


protected function ReturnFileProperties($File) {

	if(($Image = new Imagick($File))) {

		// it is quite possible exif data you wanted will be missing. here is
		// a list of shit we want with reasonable defaults.
		
		$Exif = $Image->getImageProperties('exif:*',true);
		$ExifKeys = array(
			'exif:DateTimeOriginal' => date('Y-m-d')
		);

		foreach($ExifKeys as $Key => $Default) {
			if(!array_key_exists($Key,$Exif))
			$Exif[$Key] = $Default;
		}

		// generaete your associative array of data.

		$Properties = array(
			'MimeType'     => $Image->getImageMimeType(),
			'FileSize'     => $Image->getImageLength(),
			'FileName'     => basename($File),
			'Width'        => $Image->getImageWidth(),
			'Height'       => $Image->getImageHeight(),
			'CreationDate' => date('c',strtotime($Exif['exif:DateTimeOriginal'])).'Z'
		);

		return $Properties;
	} else {
		return false;
	}

}