How can I send an base64 image on a mail body with PHP?

php image email base64

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Solution 1

I tried different things and the only way I found was uploading the image and getting the URL, I got that from this link: http://j-query.blogspot.in/2011/02/save-base64-encoded-canvas-image-to-png.html

It is very simple:

<?php
    // requires php5
    define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'images/');
    $img = $_POST['img'];
    $img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $img);
    $img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
    $data = base64_decode($img);
    $file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.png';
    $success = file_put_contents($file, $data);
    print $success ? $file : 'Unable to save the file.';
?>

And this generates an URL, so, instead of using <img src="'.$_POST['imageFromOtherPage'].'"/>, I use the generated URL. Worked perfectly!

Solution 2

i have the same problem, and finaly i resolved it. It might be helpful for you: You can use SwiftMailer, but you must to add new Image TextHeader 'Content-Location'. Here is the code:

$message = \Swift_Message::newInstance()->setSubject($subject)->setFrom($fromEmail, 'Name')->setTo($toEmail)->setBcc($bccEmails);
/*get uniqueID from cid:uniqueID */
$imageID = explode(':', $message->embed(\Swift_Image::fromPath('pathToTheImage')->setContentType('image/png')))[1];

/*Add Content-Location to image header*/
/** @var \Swift_Image $image */
$image = $message->getChildren()[0];
$image->getHeaders()->addTextHeader('Content-Location', $imageID);
$message->setBody('here you will have some html with <img src=$imageID alt="Embed Image">', 'text/html');

$mailer->send($message);

Solution 3

function for get all images url :

function getImagesFromMsg($msg, $tmpFolderPath)
{
    $arrSrc = array();
    if (!empty($msg))
    {
        preg_match_all('/<img[^>]+>/i', stripcslashes($msg), $imgTags);

        //All img tags
        for ($i=0; $i < count($imgTags[0]); $i++)
        {
            preg_match('/src="([^"]+)/i', $imgTags[0][$i], $withSrc);
            //Remove src
            $withoutSrc = str_ireplace('src="', '', $withSrc[0]);

            //data:image/png;base64,
            if (strpos($withoutSrc, ";base64,"))
            {
                //data:image/png;base64,.....
                list($type, $data) = explode(";base64,", $withoutSrc);
                //data:image/png
                list($part, $ext) = explode("/", $type);
                //Paste in temp file
                $withoutSrc = $tmpFolderPath."/".uniqid("temp_").".".$ext;
                @file_put_contents($withoutSrc, base64_decode($data));
            }

            //Set to array
            $arrSrc[] = $withoutSrc;
        }
    }
    return $arrSrc;
}

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CarinaPilar

Software tester at work and programming as a hobby!

Updated on June 27, 2022

Comments

CarinaPilar almost 2 years

I'm trying to send an email with an image in base64 on the body with PHP using the code below, but the image never appears... If I change to an URL it works, but it doesn't with the base64... I tested the base64 on a new page only with <img src=base64> and worked too... What am I missing??

<?php
    // recipients
    $to  = $_POST['email'];

    // subject
    $subject = 'Test';

    // message
    $message = '
        <html>
        <head>
         <title>Test</title>
        </head>
        <body>

            <img src="'.$_POST['imageFromOtherPage'].'"/>

        </body>
        </html>
        ';

    // To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set
    $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
    $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";

    // Mail it
    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
 ?>

Here is my base64 image example: http://jsfiddle.net/28nP4/

CarinaPilar over 10 years

I tested, I wrote the content on a <P> tag and showed the right base64 content... It only doesn't "translate" as an image...
Renato Probst over 10 years

Are you sure it showed all the data? How the size of the img? If it`s 1mb or more the post can cut part of the base64 down
Benjamin Vison about 7 years

I am using a modified version of this, I go over the body of the template and I use the $message->embed from swiftmailer.org/docs/messages.html and I replace the content of src="X" with the cid of the file created by this function.. works like a charm! thanks!