How to save a base64 decoded image in the filesystem using php?

Question

I am getting a base64 encoded JPEG string via a POST request to my web service. I want to decode it and save it in the filesystem. How can I achieve this using PHP 5.3. I am

Answer 1

Replacing the blank spaces with + signs is required if the data is derived from canvas.toDataURL() function.

 $encodedString = str_replace(' ','+',$encodedString);

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It helped a lot in my case.