How to decode a base64 string (gif) into image in PHP / HTML

Question

I have a base64 encoded string that I would like to convert into an image in PHP / HTML.

Here is what I have:

$data = \"R0lGODdhAAGAAKIAAP38+/3h3cj         


        

Answer 1

You have to use the header() function before echoing your data to specify the content type (gif image). Otherwise browsers will interpret it as html.