Photo upload orientation--- $10 to solve this problem

The code below makes photos display on site with the right orientation. The problem is that some jpeg/jpg that DO NOT need orientation just gets stuck at 100% upload (no errors.) This is in the model: public function saveFile($attribute) { $path = Yii::getAlias('@app/' . Videos::FILE_PATH_LOCAL); $this->uid = VideosHelper::generateUniqueIdHash(); $this->video_extension = $this->video->extension; $this->video_file = $path . '/' . $this->uid . '.' . $this->video_extension; if (!$this->video->saveAs($this->video_file)) { $this->addError($attribute, 'Error save video.'); } else { if($this->video_extension == 'jpeg' || $this->video_extension == 'jpg') { VideosHelper::fixImageOrientation($this->video_file); } } } This is in the helper: public static function fixImageOrientation($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, 90); } }