function isAnimatedGif($filename)
  {
    $filecontents=file_get_contents($filename);
 
    $str_loc=0;
    $count=0;
 
    # There is no point in continuing after we find a 2nd frame
    while ($count < 2) 
    {
      $where1=strpos($filecontents,"\x00\x21\xF9\x04", $str_loc);
      if ($where1 === FALSE) {
        break;
      }
 
      $str_loc = $where1+1;
      $where2  = strpos($filecontents,"\x00\x2C",$str_loc);
      if ($where2 === FALSE) {
        break;
      }
      else {
        if ($where1+8 == $where2) {
          $count++;
        }
        $str_loc = $where2+1;
      }
    }
 
    // gif is animated when it has two or more frames
    return ($count >= 2); 
  }

function isAnimatedGif($filename) {
    return (bool)preg_match('#(\x00\x21\xF9\x04.{4}\x00\x2C.*){2,}#s', file_get_contents($filename));
}