Issue while trying to display a remote image (GET php) - corrupt/empty image

Question

I'd like to display some remote images from a php url with a GET method (3 parameters: Key, ImageID, Size). E.g: http://www.example.com/getImage?Key=thekey&ImageId=2&Size=1

I followed this one: https://stackoverflow.com/a/12629513 (replacing the content-type with jpeg), tried with a random jpeg image on the net and it worked.

However, when I try this method with my php url: the file is corrupted.

<?php
function img_create($filename, $mime_type)
{
  $content = file_get_contents($filename);
  $base64   = base64_encode($content);
  return ('data:' . $mime_type . ';base64,' . $base64);
}
?>
<img src="<?php print img_create('http://www.example.com/getImage?Key=thekey&ImageId=2&Size=1','image/jpeg'); ?>" alt="random logo" />

Any idea..?

Answer 1

Try this:

<?php

function img_create($filename, $mime_type) { 
   $content = file_get_contents($filename); 
   $base64   = base64_encode($content);
   $src_string = 'data:'.$mime_type.';base64,'.$base64;
   echo $src_string;
}
?>

<img src="<?php img_create('http://www.example.com/getImage?Key=thekey&ImageId=2&Size=1','image/jpeg'); ?>" alt="random logo" />