Laravel displaying base64 image

Question

How can I send e-mail with attached image if I receive the data in base64 format?

Here is mail template:

<h1>You got mail from - {{$user->name}}</h1>

<h2>Date:</h2>
<p>{{$post->created_at}}</p>
<h2>Message:</h2>
<p>{{$post->body}}</p>

<img src="data:image/png;base64, {{$image}}">

<div>
</div>

And the logic:

public function createPost()
{
    $user = JWTAuth::toUser();
    $user->posts()->create(['user_id' => $user->id, 'body' => Input::get('comment.body')]);

    Mail::send('mail.template', [
        'image' => Input::get('image'),
        'user'  => $user,
        'post'  => Post::where('user_id', $user->id)->get()->last(),
    ], function ($m) use ($user) {
        $m->from('[email protected]', 'XYZ');

        $m->to('[email protected]', $user->name)->subject('Subject');
    });
}

From this I only get mail with full base64 string...img tag gets ignored

Answer 1

The solution I came up with is to save the image first in order to attach it as Viktor suggested although I don't have Laravel 5.3. so the method is somehow different.

User may or may not send the picture, so the method is as follows:

$destinationPath = null;
        if($request->has('image')){
            // save received base64 image
            $destinationPath = public_path() . '/uploads/sent/uploaded' . time() . '.jpg';
            $base64 = $request->get('image');
            file_put_contents($destinationPath, base64_decode($base64));
        }

And then attach the saved image to the mail:

Mail::send('mail.template', [
    'user'  => $user,
    'post'  => Post::where('user_id', $user->id)->get()->last(),
], function ($m) use ($user) {
    $m->from('[email protected]', 'XYZ');

    $m->to('[email protected]', $user->name)->subject('Subject');

    if($request->has('image')){
        $m->attach($destinationPath);
    }
});

The mail template:

<h1>You got mail from - {{$user->name}}</h1>

<h2>Date:</h2>
<p>{{$post->created_at}}</p>
<h2>Message:</h2>
<p>{{$post->body}}</p>