Hi everyone, I'm running into an issue decoding base64 data. I have an XML file that contains a base64 encoded image, which I am attempting to extract, and display. Sounds simple enough, yet I am running into an issue saving the image as a jpeg. It seems that when I decode the data, the resulting binary image file is invalid. My code: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- <?php $image_data = "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgAAAQABAAD/2wBDAAgGBgcGBQgHBwcJCQgKDBQNDAsLDBkSEw8UHRof Hh0aHBwgJC4nICIsIxwcKDcpLDAxNDQ0Hyc5PTgyPC4zNDL/wAALCAHSABgBAREA/8QAHwAA AQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAAAgEDAwIEAwUFBAQAAAF9AQIDAAQR BRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkKFhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3ODk6Q0RF RkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ip qrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4+Tl5ufo6erx8vP09fb3+Pn6/9oACAEB AAA/APfKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKg3N6n 86Nzep/Ojc3qfzpKKKTcvqPzo3L6j86Ny+o/OuE/4T/S/wDn8j/76o/4T/S/+fyP/vqj/hP9 L/5/I/8AvquH/wCFeaN/z7y/9/G/xo/4V5o3/PvL/wB/G/xo/wCFeaN/z7y/9/G/xr0TZB/e /WjZB/e/WjZB/e/Wrm6L/nkv5Ubov+eS/lRui/55L+VO3RelG6L0o3RelY3lyep/Wjy5PU/r R5cnqf1qXY3pRsb0o2N6VqfJ/s0fJ/s0fJ/s14d/ZvxL/wCek3/kP/4qj+zfiX/z0m/8h/8A xVH9m/Ev/npN/wCQ/wD4qvaPsi/3T+dH2Rf7p/Oj7Iv90/nTd1z6j86N1z6j86N1z6j86vfZ x7fnR9nHt+dH2ce351L9oaj7Q1H2hqn8tfU0eWvqaPLX1NN2ye/50bZPf86Nsnv+dS0UUeS3 q350eS3q350eS3q351YoooooqbYvpRsX0o2L6U6iiiiinbG9KNjelGxvSpqKKqedJ/cf86PO k/uP+dHnSf3H/Op9if3v1o2J/e/WjYn979aTy29RR5beoo8tvUVLRRRRRXF/8J7J/wBC7rv/ AIB//Xo/4T2T/oXdd/8AAP8A+vR/wnsn/Qu67/4B/wD167PavoPyo2r6D8qNq+g/Kloooooo ooorhfClx4avfFM8vhq805YobeWGdLe4V5r996ZnkAO5ghUqJHyXMrkYBDSd1T8D0owPSjA9 K//Z"; $theFile = base64_decode($image_data); $file = fopen('test.jpg', 'wb'); fwrite($file, $theFile); fclose($file); ?> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- When I attempt to view the generated test.jpg in a browser, it is unable to display. Same with photoshop and the windows built-in pic viewer. I know that the base64 data is not corrupted, since I can get it to display properly in netscape with the following code: echo '<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,'.$image_data.' ">'; Unfortunately, I'm tied to IE. Has anyone run into a problem like this before? Thanks! Steve -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php