How to check if a string is base64 valid in PHP

Question

I have a string and want to test using PHP if it\'s a valid base64 encoded or not.

Answer 1

I code a solution to validate images checking the sintaxy

$image = 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAMAAABEpIrGAAABfVBMVEUAAAAxMhQAoIpFLCTimAE2IRs0IBodEg4OJyEAnYcAmoUAjnoALyn5rgNJLydEKyM5lWFFLCTuogI/JyBAKCHZnQoAlIAAkn48JR6fYgCIVACDUACPbAsAW06IWgAaDw0jFQscEQ4Am4XIfQDGewDhlwHelQEAi3gAe2oAd2cAXE8gFBAeEg8AVEgAtJwAsZn/vhMAuJ//xyMAu6BfQTf/wxv9wRlcPjVhQjj/vBBdQDb/xR9oSD1iRDlWOjH9xSL/uQr+twhkRTplRjxZPDPZpydILydAQD+pezNjRTNQNS3tuCZGLSX4sQn/tQTllgDhkgAArZUAqJFvTUD/wRgGtpp2m0aPaTl+azOIcjGkhS6OaS1ONCvNnirHmSrnsifHnSfFjyemfCfcqSa/jyLwuR/ptB/MmRxiPhnpqRX1sxHzqwnCfgb+tQTYjALnmQH2qQDzpQDejgAnsYQnsYNwTkBlRTtfQi9eQS+1kCy2kSuFYSuEYSvkpRfrqxQPeVhkAAAALnRSTlMADPz0qnhzNBPry5kH/vr36ubKxLy4sKmifVVNQT84Ih4Y2aWloqKMgHdJPDwse8ZSvQAAAbVJREFUOMuV0uVzggAYx3Gsbca6u3vDqSDqBigD25nrLrvX+bfvMSeId9vnBXD3+97zCuQ/ZhUDvV1dvQOKWfFdIWOZHfDMyhRi+4ibZHZLwS5Dukea97YzzAQFYEgTdtYm3DtkhAUKkmFI0mTCCFmH8ICbsEBRhmEWwi080U+xBNwApZlgqX7+rummWJcLEkAQLhdLdWt4wbSXOqX1Hu784uKc8+jpU8o7zQva7RSnb8BR9nZesGF/oelLT2X1XNL0q31dcOGDPnwKO7eBMxw+pD8FF2a8N9vcyfttKbh9O+HwG+8MLxiL3+FXDsc9Du4djiv8Lj7GC0bTMTx6dGzEgfH4KIrH0qO8YDyQjESMvyLJwDjCs5DaKsvlzOV3ah4RkFcCM+wlckRoymcG107ntRn4ppAmSzar9Tvh830lrFbbItJM0meDBcCzT4KIFfLOzB7IdMphFzUxWMjnC4MToqNkbWVY1RPw+wM9quHVSY1gnhyShlCd4aHo9xcfDTptSKnebPxjh0Kooewgmz2ofKFStaS+z2l1Nfv79c+gqlaog6io4HI1UKItKKuBVNuCFPmDH12fd4lDaGbkAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC';
$allowedExtensions = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg'];

// check if the data is empty
if (empty($image)) {
    echo "Empty data";
}

// check base64 format
$explode = explode(',', $image);
if(count($explode) !== 2){
    echo "This string isn't sintaxed as base64";
}
//https://stackoverflow.com/a/11154248/4830771
if (!preg_match('%^[a-zA-Z0-9/+]*={0,2}$%', $explode[1])) {
    echo "This string isn't sintaxed as base64";
}

// check if type is allowed
$format = str_replace(
        ['data:image/', ';', 'base64'], 
        ['', '', '',], 
        $explode[0]
);
if (!in_array($format, $allowedExtensions)) {
    echo "Image type isn't allowed";
}
echo "This image is base64";

But a safe way is using Intervention

use Intervention\Image\ImageManagerStatic;
try {
    ImageManagerStatic::make($value);
    return true;
} catch (Exception $e) {
    return false;
}