PHP View Picture From Base64 String - php

Question

I am connecting to Active-Directory and getting the thumbnailPhoto attribute successfully.
I have stored the file in the DB using Base64 encoding which makes the result look like:
/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEAYABgAAD/4RHoRXhpZgAATU0AKgAAAAgABQEyAAIAAAAUAA ...
(Full Base64 encoded string: http://pastebin.com/zn2wDEmd)
Using a simple Base64 Decoder and decoding the string into a binary file and rename that to jpeg and open with an image viewer (here: Irfan View) I get the correct picture - see yourself:
How do I achieve this through PHP - I have tried using:
<?php
$data = '/9j/4A...'; //The entire base64 string - gives an error in dreamweaver
$data = base64_decode($data);
$fileTmp = imagecreatefromstring($data);
$newImage = imagecreatefromjpeg($fileTmp);
if (!$newImage) {
echo("<img src=".$newImage."/>");
}
?>
I'm just getting a blank page!

Answer 1

Your problem is that imagecreatefromstring() doesn't return a file, but rather an image in memory that should be output with the correct headers.
$data = base64_decode($data);
// Create image resource from your data string
$imgdata = imagecreatefromstring($data);
if ($imgdata) {
// Send JPEG headers
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
// Output the image data
imagejpeg($imgdata);
// Clean up the resource
imagedestroy($imgdata);
exit();
}