How to populate custom field from IPTC data?

[jphahn]

I am trying to figure out how to populate a custom user field from the IPTC data embedded in an image.  I have named a custom field to be "Photographer" and want to pull the data from IPTC field Name Copyright Notice (defined in iptc.inc.php on this line: 

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                                        "Copyright"                =>         $iptc["2#116"][0],        # Max 128 octets, non-repeatable, alphanumeric
. 

I tried modifying picmgmt.inc.php to include the following:

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        if ($CONFIG['read_iptc_data']) {
           $iptc = get_IPTC($image);
           if (is_array($iptc) && !$title && !$caption && !$keywords && !$copyright) {  //if any of those 3

are filled out we don't want to override them, they may be blank on purpose.
       $title = (isset($iptc['Headline'])) ? $iptc['Headline'] : $title;
               $caption = (isset($iptc['Caption'])) ? $iptc['Caption'] : $caption;
               $keywords = (isset($iptc['Keywords'])) ? implode(' ',$iptc['Keywords']) : $keywords;
               $copyright = (isset($iptc['Copyright'])) ? $iptc['Copyright'] : $copyright;
           }
        }

and then set user2 a few lines down in that file as follows:

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    $CURRENT_PIC_DATA['user1'] = $user1;
    $CURRENT_PIC_DATA['user2'] = $copyright;
    $CURRENT_PIC_DATA['user3'] = $user3;
    $CURRENT_PIC_DATA['user4'] = $user4;

And of course it doesn't work .  Can anyone take a look and see what I am missing and/or what I messed up in the code, or if there are mods I need to make in another file?

Thanks,
Jason

[jphahn]

Well the code I posted earlier does work for batch uploads, just not single uploads.  Not thinking, I was testing with singles all along, just tried a batch and it worked just the way I wanted.  I am guessing I need to make changes in upload.php, someone please jump in if I am on the wrong track. 

Thanks, Jason