Display image stored in BLOB database in symfony

Question

I load my image (blob data ) in my GETer Entity When I just return ($this->foto) in my GETer I see :Resource id #284 on the screen When I change my GETer like this : return stream_get_contents($this->foto); I see these : ���JFIF��� ( ,,,,,,,, ( and more )

In my Controller a call the index.html.twig to show all my entities

    /**
 * Lists all Producten entities.
 *
 */
public function indexAction()
{
    $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

    $entities = $em->getRepository('CustomCMSBundle:Producten')->findAll();

    return $this->render('CustomCMSBundle:Producten:index.html.twig', array(
        'entities' => $entities,
    ));
}

Now in my views ( index.html.twig ) I like to show the picture

       {% for entity in entities %}
        <tr>
            <td>
                <img  src="{{ entity.foto}}" alt="" width="80" height="80" />
            </td>
            <td>
                {{ entity.foto }}
            </td>
            <td>
            <ul>
                <li>
                    <a href="{{ path('cms_producten_show', { 'id': entity.id }) }}">show</a>
                </li>
                <li>
                    <a href="{{ path('cms_producten_edit', { 'id': entity.id }) }}">edit</a>
                </li>
            </ul>
            </td>
        </tr>
    {% endfor %}

But I don't see the picture ?

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

You are using <img src="(raw image)"> instead of <img src="(image's url)">

A quick solution is to encode your image in base64 and embed it.

Controller

$images = array();
foreach ($entities as $key => $entity) {
  $images[$key] = base64_encode(stream_get_contents($entity->getFoto()));
}

// ...

return $this->render('CustomCMSBundle:Producten:index.html.twig', array(
    'entities' => $entities,
    'images' => $images,
));

View

{% for key, entity in entities %}
  {# ... #}
  <img alt="Embedded Image" src="data:image/png;base64,{{ images[key] }}" />
  {# ... #}
{% endfor %}

Answer 2

in your entity write your image getter like this:

public function getFoto()
{
    return imagecreatefromstring($this->foto);
}

and use it instead of the object "foto" property.

php doc for the function: http://php.net/manual/de/function.imagecreatefromstring.php

Answer 3

A more direct way, without extra work in the controller:

In the Entity Class

/**
 * @ORM\Column(name="photo", type="blob", nullable=true)
 */
private $photo;

private $rawPhoto;

public function displayPhoto()
{
    if(null === $this->rawPhoto) {
        $this->rawPhoto = "data:image/png;base64," . base64_encode(stream_get_contents($this->getPhoto()));
    }

    return $this->rawPhoto;
}

In the view

<img src="{{ entity.displayPhoto }}">

EDIT

Thanks to @b.enoit.be answer to my question here, I could improve this code so the image can be displayed more than once.