get image from base64 string

Question

I am trying to take a base64 encoded string and return it as an image in php using $_POST. On line one if I use $_POST[\'imgdata\'] it returns erro

Answer 1

You can capture parts by this regex :

^data:([a-zA-Z]+/[a-zA-Z]+);base64\,([a-zA-Z0-9+\=/]+)$

Answer 2

Not sure why the regex isn't working for you, I copied the base64 post data and your code and it worked fine. You can try this instead which doesn't use regex and may be a little faster and use less memory.

$imgstr = $_GET['imgdata'];

list($type, $imgstr) = explode(';', $imgstr);
list(, $type)        = explode(':', $type);
list(, $imgstr)      = explode(',', $imgstr);
$content = base64_decode($imgstr);

Answer 3

Please check below code it is working fine for me,

$data = 'data:image/png;base64,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';
$data = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $data);
$data = str_replace(' ', '+', $data);
$data = base64_decode($data); // Decode image using base64_decode
$file = uniqid() . '.png'; //Now you can put this image data to your desired file using file_put_contents function like below:
$success = file_put_contents($file, $data);

Answer 4

This is the One., Would you like the following i think.,

<?php
$imgstr = 'image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMgAAAAoCAYAAAC7HLUcAAADtUlEQVR4Xu2aLZYqMRCFMxuAFaARg8WwAnaABQEWgwUBFoMFARaDRqAxWBBoVgAbmPcu7/Q7PX3SP0k16TTcnDNqOpXKrXykKsmXUurn7x+bvQJf9l3Z03cFEFwCIosSAZHp53VvAiIPDwGRa+itBQIiDw0BkWvorQUCIg8NAZFr6K0FAiIPDQGRa+itBQIiDw0BkWvorQUCIg8NAZFr6K0FAiIPDQGRa+itBTEg7XZb1Wo11Wg0VKVS+T/Rx+Ohzuezut1uar/feyVAp9NR8Dvaer2ejZ8ExEa1kvSxBgQLbDQaPeFIa4BkPp97AQr8XiwWWpfr9XraVHT/JyA2qpWkjxUg+AWeTqfGU5xMJmq73Rr3y6vD9/e32mw2v3a6sG0CkpfS72PHGBAsst1uZ60A0pjj8Wjd37Yj0j/AAf/jGgGxVfd9+xkDgp0DO0i0oeZYLpfqcrk8F+FgMND+UqMeGQ6HzhVdr9eq1WoljktAnIfF+wGNATmdTtqFH02fsBixKHUgNZtNp8LEQR11goA4DUspBjMCJC69wu6hW/TX6zXPYthKUF29BH/DJ26BYQJiJfFbdzICJFAinKoAGiy4aPGN063D4VDoDqIDGr7iRE13yEBA3nqtW03OCpAsI+EoVXfX4KoGAaA4TIjezXS7XVWtVrXpHwHJEtnP+uYlgCTl/C5OseJOrII6Ka4+IiCftfizzDZXQLAwcXmoO+WCM652D93uhbRqtVo9NSEgWZYGv4ECuQGClAYLM+6eAce/SG9QA7yy9fv9J6ThhvoIu0e4htKdsHEHeWVkymk7F0BQa8xms9gbalwM4u7j1XDoTqx0YHIHKediLcJrMSC6X+zwRJDWIL1x0XR3NBj/fr//Gh67nS4NDPzUncol+M+3WC6CW9AYIkCSinEssvF47PSBYty9i6m22PEMXvYSEFOBS/S9NSBJcLhKqaI6E5ASrbySuGoFSFJaFS2IXepAQFyq/RljGQOS9po3y0td5PoonvNuBCRvRWnPGJAsr2LTZH3VZWHaa93AL0AePQrG/4K6A0W9AcCsQdICXuL/GwES977KdP6vAiSrHzzmzaoUvzMCJO1IN6ucBCSrUvyuaAWMAIl7gGg6CQJiqhi/L0oBI0CKctLzcVmDeB4giXsERKLev74ERK6htxYIiDw0BESuobcWCIg8NARErqG3FgiIPDQERK6htxYIiDw0BESuobcWCIg8NARErqG3FgiIPDQERK6htxYIiDw0BESuobcW/gDZOWY4lzJl1QAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==';
$new_data=explode(";",$imgstr);
$type=$new_data[0];
$data=explode(",",$new_data[1]);
header("Content-type:".$type);
echo base64_decode($data[1]);
?>

The above code will generates the output as per your wish.,Try this..This may help you.

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Note : Ignore the empty space's in before the starting '' tag on the PHP file you are using for image decode.,If any empty is on that file means it throws Error message and it doesn't create or show the original image after the decodes.

Answer 5

As was noted the "+" should not be missed, the rest is straight forward. Use $_REQUEST if you are not sure is it post or get.

// requires php5
define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'images/');
$img = $_REQUEST['img'];
$img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $img);
$img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
$data = base64_decode($img);
$file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.png';
$success = file_put_contents($file, $data);
print $success ? $file : 'Unable to save the file.';

Answer 6

<?php
$data = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABwAAAASCAMAAAB/2U7WAAAABl'
       . 'BMVEUAAAD///+l2Z/dAAAASUlEQVR4XqWQUQoAIAxC2/0vXZDr'
       . 'EX4IJTRkb7lobNUStXsB0jIXIAMSsQnWlsV+wULF4Avk9fLq2r'
       . '8a5HSE35Q3eO2XP1A1wQkZSgETvDtKdQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==';
$data = base64_decode($data);

$im = imagecreatefromstring($data);
if ($im !== false) {
    header('Content-Type: image/png');
    imagepng($im);
    imagedestroy($im);
}
else {
    echo 'An error occurred.';
}
?> 

source: documentation.

check out imagecreatefromstring.