https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/issues/3466

When you take a picture your phone saves any rotation metadata in EXIF headers. When you upload the image to your server, that metadata is still sitting there but it's your job to apply it to the image to rotate it

objects/functions.php

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function parseDurationToSeconds($str) {
  */
 function setSiteSendMessage(&$mail) {
     global $global;
-    if(empty($_POST["comment"])){
+    if (empty($_POST["comment"])) {
         $_POST["comment"] = "";
     }
     require_once $global['systemRootPath'] . 'objects/configuration.php';
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ function sendSiteEmail($to, $subject, $message) {
     if (empty($to)) {
         return false;
     }
-    if(!is_array($to)){
+    if (!is_array($to)) {
         $to = array($to);
     }
 
@@ -1427,6 +1427,40 @@ function im_resizeV3($file_src, $file_dest, $wd, $hd) {
 
 function im_resize_max_size($file_src, $file_dest, $max_width, $max_height) {
     $fn = $file_src;
+    $tmpFile = getTmpFile().".jpg";
+    if(empty($fn)){
+        _error_log("im_resize_max_size: file name is empty, Destination: {$file_dest}", AVideoLog::$ERROR);
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (function_exists("exif_read_data")) {        error_log($fn);
+        convertImage($fn, $tmpFile, 100);
+        $exif = exif_read_data($tmpFile);
+        if ($exif && isset($exif['Orientation'])) {
+            $orientation = $exif['Orientation'];
+            if ($orientation != 1) {
+                $img = imagecreatefromjpeg($tmpFile);
+                $deg = 0;
+                switch ($orientation) {
+                    case 3:
+                        $deg = 180;
+                        break;
+                    case 6:
+                        $deg = 270;
+                        break;
+                    case 8:
+                        $deg = 90;
+                        break;
+                }
+                if ($deg) {
+                    $img = imagerotate($img, $deg, 0);
+                }
+                imagejpeg($img, $fn, 100);
+            }
+        }
+    }else{
+        _error_log("Make sure you install the php_mbstring and php_exif to be able to rotate images");
+    }
+
     $size = getimagesize($fn);
     $ratio = $size[0] / $size[1]; // width/height
     if ($size[0] <= $max_width && $size[1] <= $max_height) {
@@ -1440,32 +1474,41 @@ function im_resize_max_size($file_src, $file_dest, $max_width, $max_height) {
         $width = $max_width * $ratio;
         $height = $max_height;
     }
+
     $src = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($fn));
     $dst = imagecreatetruecolor($width, $height);
     imagecopyresampled($dst, $src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $width, $height, $size[0], $size[1]);
     imagedestroy($src);
     imagejpeg($dst, $file_dest); // adjust format as needed
     imagedestroy($dst);
+    @unlink($file_src);
+    @unlink($tmpFile);
 }
 
 function convertImage($originalImage, $outputImage, $quality) {
+
+    if(function_exists('exif_imagetype')){
+        $imagetype = exif_imagetype($originalImage);
+    }
+
     // jpg, png, gif or bmp?
     $exploded = explode('.', $originalImage);
     $ext = $exploded[count($exploded) - 1];
 
-    if (preg_match('/jpg|jpeg/i', $ext))
+    if ($imagetype == IMAGETYPE_JPEG || preg_match('/jpg|jpeg/i', $ext))
         $imageTmp = imagecreatefromjpeg($originalImage);
-    else if (preg_match('/png/i', $ext))
+    else if ($imagetype == IMAGETYPE_PNG || preg_match('/png/i', $ext))
         $imageTmp = imagecreatefrompng($originalImage);
-    else if (preg_match('/gif/i', $ext))
+    else if ($imagetype == IMAGETYPE_GIF || preg_match('/gif/i', $ext))
         $imageTmp = imagecreatefromgif($originalImage);
-    else if (preg_match('/bmp/i', $ext))
+    else if ($imagetype == IMAGETYPE_BMP || preg_match('/bmp/i', $ext))
         $imageTmp = imagecreatefrombmp($originalImage);
-    else if (preg_match('/webp/i', $ext))
+    else if ($imagetype == IMAGETYPE_WEBP || preg_match('/webp/i', $ext))
         $imageTmp = imagecreatefromwebp($originalImage);
-    else
+    else{
+        _error_log("convertImage: File Extension not found ($originalImage, $outputImage, $quality) ".exif_imagetype($originalImage));
         return 0;
-
+    }
     // quality is a value from 0 (worst) to 100 (best)
     imagejpeg($imageTmp, $outputImage, $quality);
     imagedestroy($imageTmp);
@@ -2921,7 +2964,14 @@ class AVideoLog {
 
     }
 
-    function _error_log($message, $type = 0) {
+    function _error_log($message, $type = 0, $doNotRepeat = false) {
+        if (empty($doNotRepeat)) {
+            // do not log it too many times when you are using HLS format, other wise it will fill the log file with the same error
+            $doNotRepeat = preg_match("/hls.php$/", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
+        }
+        if ($doNotRepeat) {
+            return false;
+        }
         global $global;
         if (!empty($global['noDebug']) && $type == 0) {
             return false;
@@ -2941,7 +2991,7 @@ function _error_log($message, $type = 0) {
                 $prefix .= "SECURITY: ";
                 break;
         }
-        error_log($prefix . $message);
+        error_log($prefix . $message . " SCRIPT_NAME: {$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']}");
     }
 
     function postVariables($url, $array) {
@@ -3398,12 +3448,12 @@ function isHLS() {
         }
         return false;
     }
-    
+
     function getRedirectUri() {
         if (!empty($_GET['redirectUri'])) {
             return $_GET['redirectUri'];
         }
-        if(!empty($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])){
+        if (!empty($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) {
             return $_GET['redirectUri'];
         }
         return getRequestURI();
@@ -3656,6 +3706,11 @@ function getTmpDir($subdir = "") {
         }
         return $tmpDir;
     }
+
+
+    function getTmpFile() {
+        return getTmpDir("tmpFiles").uniqid();
+    }
 
     function getMySQLDate() {
         global $global;