Laravel displaying base64 image - php

Question

How can I send e-mail with attached image if I receive the data in base64 format?
Here is mail template:
<h1>You got mail from - {{$user->name}}</h1>
<h2>Date:</h2>
<p>{{$post->created_at}}</p>
<h2>Message:</h2>
<p>{{$post->body}}</p>
<img src="data:image/png;base64, {{$image}}">
<div>
</div>
And the logic:
public function createPost()
{
$user = JWTAuth::toUser();
$user->posts()->create(['user_id' => $user->id, 'body' => Input::get('comment.body')]);
Mail::send('mail.template', [
'image' => Input::get('image'),
'user' => $user,
'post' => Post::where('user_id', $user->id)->get()->last(),
], function ($m) use ($user) {
$m->from('xyz#app.com', 'XYZ');
$m->to('xyz#gmail.com', $user->name)->subject('Subject');
});
}
From this I only get mail with full base64 string...img tag gets ignored

Answer 1

Attachments
To add attachments to an email, use the attach method within the
mailable class' build method. The attach method accepts the full path
to the file as its first argument:
/**
* Build the message.
*
* #return $this
*/
public function build()
{
return $this->view('emails.orders.shipped')
->attach('/path/to/file');
}
More information here (for Laravel 5.3).
I hope, it will be helpful.

Answer 2

The solution I came up with is to save the image first in order to attach it as Viktor suggested although I don't have Laravel 5.3. so the method is somehow different.
User may or may not send the picture, so the method is as follows:
$destinationPath = null;
if($request->has('image')){
// save received base64 image
$destinationPath = public_path() . '/uploads/sent/uploaded' . time() . '.jpg';
$base64 = $request->get('image');
file_put_contents($destinationPath, base64_decode($base64));
}
And then attach the saved image to the mail:
Mail::send('mail.template', [
'user' => $user,
'post' => Post::where('user_id', $user->id)->get()->last(),
], function ($m) use ($user) {
$m->from('xyz#app.com', 'XYZ');
$m->to('xyz#gmail.com', $user->name)->subject('Subject');
if($request->has('image')){
$m->attach($destinationPath);
}
});
The mail template:
<h1>You got mail from - {{$user->name}}</h1>
<h2>Date:</h2>
<p>{{$post->created_at}}</p>
<h2>Message:</h2>
<p>{{$post->body}}</p>