I receive a string of base64 and am able to decode it and put it into a file. The problem is, I would like to create a new image file each time to put this base64 into.
Currently I have a basic code which is able to put contents into the file that is pre-existing but the current code does not create a non-existent file.
$data = base64_decode($data);
$path = 'abc';
var_dump(is_dir($path));
if ( ! is_dir($path)) {
if(mkdir($path, 0777)) {
echo "created dir";
}
}
file_put_contents('tmp.png', $data);
Base64 function to decode
function base64ToFile($base64String, $outputFile) {
$file = fopen($outputFile, "wb");
$data = explode(',', $base64String);
fwrite($file, base64_decode($data[1]));
fclose($file);
return $outputFile;
}
Check this the function will return you the unique name after uploading your image in a directory
$imageBase64=$_POST['image_converted_base64'];//get base64 of image from client end
$unique_name =uploadSingleImage($imageBase64);//function call
//function to upload image and get an unique name to store in db
function uploadSingleImage($base64) {
$uniname = uniqid() . date("Y-m-d-H-i-s") . ".png";
$new_image_url = "../../image/" . $uniname;
$base64 = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' . $base64;
$base64 = base64_decode(preg_replace('#^data:image/\w+;base64,#i', '', $base64));
file_put_contents($new_image_url, $base64);
return $uniname;
}
I'm using Nihilogic's "Canvas2Image" JavaScript tool to convert canvas drawings to PNG images.
What I need now is to turn those base64 strings that this tool generates, into actual PNG files on the server, using PHP.
In short, what I'm currently doing is to generate a file on the client side using Canvas2Image, then retrieve the base64-encoded data and send it to the server using AJAX:
// Generate the image file
var image = Canvas2Image.saveAsPNG(canvas, true);
image.id = "canvasimage";
canvas.parentNode.replaceChild(image, canvas);
var url = 'hidden.php',
data = $('#canvasimage').attr('src');
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
dataType: 'text',
data: {
base64data : data
}
});
At this point, "hidden.php" receives a data block that looks like data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABE...
From this point on, I'm pretty much stumped. From what I've read, I believe that I'm supposed to use PHP's imagecreatefromstring function, but I'm not sure how to actually create an actual PNG image from the base64-encoded string and store it on my server.
Please aid!
You need to extract the base64 image data from that string, decode it and then you can save it to disk, you don't need GD since it already is a png.
$data = 'data:image/png;base64,AAAFBfj42Pj4';
list($type, $data) = explode(';', $data);
list(, $data) = explode(',', $data);
$data = base64_decode($data);
file_put_contents('/tmp/image.png', $data);
And as a one-liner:
$data = base64_decode(preg_replace('#^data:image/\w+;base64,#i', '', $data));
An efficient method for extracting, decoding, and checking for errors is:
if (preg_match('/^data:image\/(\w+);base64,/', $data, $type)) {
$data = substr($data, strpos($data, ',') + 1);
$type = strtolower($type[1]); // jpg, png, gif
if (!in_array($type, [ 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png' ])) {
throw new \Exception('invalid image type');
}
$data = str_replace( ' ', '+', $data );
$data = base64_decode($data);
if ($data === false) {
throw new \Exception('base64_decode failed');
}
} else {
throw new \Exception('did not match data URI with image data');
}
file_put_contents("img.{$type}", $data);
Try this:
file_put_contents('img.png', base64_decode($base64string));
file_put_contents docs
I had to replace spaces with plus symbols str_replace(' ', '+', $img); to get this working.
Here is the full code
$img = $_POST['img']; // Your data 'data:image/png;base64,AAAFBfj42Pj4';
$img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $img);
$img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
$data = base64_decode($img);
file_put_contents('/tmp/image.png', $data);
Hope that helps.
It worth to say that discussed topic is documented in RFC 2397 - The "data" URL scheme (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2397)
Because of this PHP has a native way to handle such data - "data: stream wrapper" (http://php.net/manual/en/wrappers.data.php)
So you can easily manipulate your data with PHP streams:
$data = 'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAOALMAAOazToeHh0tLS/7LZv/0jvb29t/f3//Ub//ge8WSLf/rhf/3kdbW1mxsbP//mf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAAQAA4AAARe8L1Ekyky67QZ1hLnjM5UUde0ECwLJoExKcppV0aCcGCmTIHEIUEqjgaORCMxIC6e0CcguWw6aFjsVMkkIr7g77ZKPJjPZqIyd7sJAgVGoEGv2xsBxqNgYPj/gAwXEQA7';
$source = fopen($data, 'r');
$destination = fopen('image.gif', 'w');
stream_copy_to_stream($source, $destination);
fclose($source);
fclose($destination);
Taken the #dre010 idea, I have extended it to another function that works with any image type: PNG, JPG, JPEG or GIF and gives a unique name to the filename
The function separate image data and image type
function base64ToImage($imageData){
$data = 'data:image/png;base64,AAAFBfj42Pj4';
list($type, $imageData) = explode(';', $imageData);
list(,$extension) = explode('/',$type);
list(,$imageData) = explode(',', $imageData);
$fileName = uniqid().'.'.$extension;
$imageData = base64_decode($imageData);
file_put_contents($fileName, $imageData);
}
Well your solution above depends on the image being a jpeg file. For a general solution i used
$img = $_POST['image'];
$img = substr(explode(";",$img)[1], 7);
file_put_contents('img.png', base64_decode($img));
Total concerns:
$data = 'data:image/png;base64,AAAFBfj42Pj4';
// Extract base64 file for standard data
$fileBin = file_get_contents($data);
$mimeType = mime_content_type($data);
// Check allowed mime type
if ('image/png'==$mimeType) {
file_put_contents('name.png', $fileBin);
}
http://php.net/manual/en/wrappers.data.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mime-content-type.php
One-linear solution.
$base64string = 'data:image/png;base64,R0lGODlhEAAOALMAAOazToeHh0tLS/7LZv/0jvb29t/f3//Ub//ge8WSLf/rhf/3kdbW1mxsbP//mf///yH5BAAAAAAALAAAAAAQAA4AAARe8L1Ekyky67QZ1hLnjM5UUde0ECwLJoExKcppV0aCcGCmTIHEIUEqjgaORCMxIC6e0CcguWw6aFjsVMkkIr7g77ZKPJjPZqIyd7sJAgVGoEGv2xsBxqNgYPj/gAwXEQA7';
file_put_contents('img.png', base64_decode(explode(',',$base64string)[1]));
This code works for me check below code:
<?php
define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'images/');
$image_parts = explode(";base64,", $_POST['image']);
$image_type_aux = explode("image/", $image_parts[0]);
$image_type = $image_type_aux[1];
$image_base64 = base64_decode($image_parts[1]);
$file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.png';
file_put_contents($file, $image_base64);
?>
based on drew010 example I made a working example for easy understanding.
imagesaver("data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJ"); //use full base64 data
function imagesaver($image_data){
list($type, $data) = explode(';', $image_data); // exploding data for later checking and validating
if (preg_match('/^data:image\/(\w+);base64,/', $image_data, $type)) {
$data = substr($data, strpos($data, ',') + 1);
$type = strtolower($type[1]); // jpg, png, gif
if (!in_array($type, [ 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png' ])) {
throw new \Exception('invalid image type');
}
$data = base64_decode($data);
if ($data === false) {
throw new \Exception('base64_decode failed');
}
} else {
throw new \Exception('did not match data URI with image data');
}
$fullname = time().$type;
if(file_put_contents($fullname, $data)){
$result = $fullname;
}else{
$result = "error";
}
/* it will return image name if image is saved successfully
or it will return error on failing to save image. */
return $result;
}
try this...
$file = $_POST['file']; //your data in base64 'data:image/png....';
$img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $file);
file_put_contents('img/imag.png', base64_decode($img));
PHP has already a fair treatment base64 -> file transform
I use to get it done coding this way:
$blob=$_POST['blob']; // base64 coming from an url, for example
//Now, let's save the image file:
file_put_contents('myfile.png',file_get_contents($blob));
Assuming you have filename in $filename and your base64encoded string in $testfile my oneliner:
file_put_contents($filename,base64_decode(explode(',', $testfile)[1]))
This function should work. this has the photo parameter that holds the base64 string and also path to an existing image directory should you already have an existing image you want to unlink while you save the new one.
public function convertBase64ToImage($photo = null, $path = null) {
if (!empty($photo)) {
$photo = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $photo);
$photo = str_replace(' ', '+', $photo);
$photo = str_replace('data:image/jpeg;base64,', '', $photo);
$photo = str_replace('data:image/gif;base64,', '', $photo);
$entry = base64_decode($photo);
$image = imagecreatefromstring($entry);
$fileName = time() . ".jpeg";
$directory = "uploads/customer/" . $fileName;
header('Content-type:image/jpeg');
if (!empty($path)) {
if (file_exists($path)) {
unlink($path);
}
}
$saveImage = imagejpeg($image, $directory);
imagedestroy($image);
if ($saveImage) {
return $fileName;
} else {
return false; // image not saved
}
}
}
It's simple :
Let's imagine that you are trying to upload a file within js framework, ajax request or mobile application (Client side)
Firstly you send a data attribute that contains a base64 encoded
string.
In the server side you have to decode it and save it in a local
project folder.
Here how to do it using PHP
<?php
$base64String = "kfezyufgzefhzefjizjfzfzefzefhuze"; // I put a static base64 string, you can implement you special code to retrieve the data received via the request.
$filePath = "/MyProject/public/uploads/img/test.png";
file_put_contents($filePath, base64_decode($base64String));
?>
If you want to randomly rename images, and store both the image path on database as blob and the image itself on folders this solution will help you. Your website users can store as many images as they want while the images will be randomly renamed for security purposes.
Php code
Generate random varchars to use as image name.
function genhash($strlen) {
$h_len = $len;
$cstrong = TRUE;
$sslkey = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes($h_len, $cstrong);
return bin2hex($sslkey);
}
$randName = genhash(3);
#You can increase or decrease length of the image name (1, 2, 3 or more).
Get image data extension and base_64 part (part after data:image/png;base64,) from image .
$pos = strpos($base64_img, ';');
$imgExten = explode('/', substr($base64_img, 0, $pos))[1];
$extens = ['jpg', 'jpe', 'jpeg', 'jfif', 'png', 'bmp', 'dib', 'gif' ];
if(in_array($imgExten, $extens)) {
$imgNewName = $randName. '.' . $imgExten;
$filepath = "resources/images/govdoc/".$imgNewName;
$fileP = fopen($filepath, 'wb');
$imgCont = explode(',', $base64_img);
fwrite($fileP, base64_decode($imgCont[1]));
fclose($fileP);
}
# => $filepath <= This path will be stored as blob type in database.
# base64_decoded images will be written in folder too.
# Please don't forget to up vote if you like my solution. :)
I hope this will help you.
I solved this issue with core php method.
My solved code as below.
$base64string = 'BASE64 STRING GOES HERE';
$uploadpath = 'YOUR UPLOAD DIR PATH';
$parts = explode(";base64,", $base64string); //THIS WILL GET THE ORIGINAL FILE ENCODE STRING
$imagebase64 = base64_decode($parts[1]); //THIS WILL GET THE DECODED IMAGE STRING
$file = $uploadpath . uniqid() . '.png'; // THIS WILL GIVE THE FILE NAME AND SET THE FILE PATH
file_put_contents($file, $imagebase64); // THIS FUNCTION WILL STORE THE IMAGE TO GIVEN PATH WITH FILE_NAME
I would like to save each newly generated PDF file with a unique filename to the "receipts" directory after generating the PDF using the FPDF library... As it is now, the PDF is overwritten each time. Can I append a time-stamp to the PDF filename? Example --->( /receipt_month-day-year-hour-seconds.pdf )
Absolute uniqueness desired, but not super critical.
$pdf->Output('receipts/receipt.pdf', 'F');
An easy (but not foolproof) way of ensuring a filename is unique would be to add a microtime timestamp to the filename. Microtime includes thousanths of a second, so would probably work unless your site has a lot of traffic:
$pdf->Output('receipts/receipt-' . microtime(true) . '.pdf', 'F');
If you want your timestamp to be like receipt_12-26-2017.pdf, then:
$pdf->Output('receipts/receipt_' . date("m-d-Y") . '.pdf', 'F');
If you really want to ensure your filenames are unique per directory, you could do something like this:
<?php
function get_filenames($source_dir, $include_path = FALSE, $_recursion = FALSE)
{
static $_filedata = array();
if ($fp = #opendir($source_dir))
{
// reset the array and make sure $source_dir has a trailing slash on the initial call
if ($_recursion === FALSE)
{
$_filedata = array();
$source_dir = rtrim(realpath($source_dir), DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
}
while (FALSE !== ($file = readdir($fp)))
{
if (#is_dir($source_dir.$file) && strncmp($file, '.', 1) !== 0)
{
get_filenames($source_dir.$file.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $include_path, TRUE);
}
elseif (strncmp($file, '.', 1) !== 0)
{
$_filedata[] = ($include_path == TRUE) ? $source_dir.$file : $file;
}
}
return $_filedata;
}
else
{
return FALSE;
}
}
function force_unique_filename( $dir_list, $file_name, $x = 2 )
{
/**
* Dir list may be an array of file names, or in the case of
* cURL, the list may be supplied as a string. If an array, we
* just convert the array to a string so it is checked as a string.
*/
if( is_array( $dir_list ) )
{
$dir_list = implode( ' ', $dir_list );
}
while( strpos( $dir_list, $file_name ) !== FALSE )
{
// Use pathinfo to break apart the filename
$info = pathinfo( $file_name );
// Get the file extension of the file
$ext = '.' . $info['extension'];
// Get the name of the file without extension
$file_name = basename( $file_name, $ext );
// Remove the filename suffix before adding a new one
$pattern = '/\(\d+\)/';
$replacement = '';
$file_name = preg_replace( $pattern, $replacement, $file_name );
// Add new filename suffix
$file_name .= '(' . (string) $x . ')' . $ext;
// Increment the number we are using in a filename suffix "($x)"
$x++;
}
return $file_name;
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// This directory should be an absolute path...
$source_dir = './receipts';
// The desired filename
$filename = 'receipt_' . date("m-d-Y") . '.pdf';
// Get all of the filenames in this directory
$filenames = get_filenames( $source_dir, FALSE, FALSE );
// Get the unique filename
$unique_filename = force_unique_filename( $filenames, $filename );
$pdf->Output('receipts/' . $unique_filename, 'F');