Did you try with PHP 4.3.4 (I think some earlier version was buggy)? It worked, and created something like a black/white palette or something, and the number '2' at the bottom, 24x466 px.. :) Just used this: echo base64_decode($image_data); -- // DvDmanDT MSN: dvdmandt¤hotmail.com Mail: dvdmandt¤telia.com "Steve Goodman" <sgoodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet news:20040218170745.59547.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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