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php base64_decode and base64_encode_PHP tutorial
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php base64_decode and base64_encode
base64_decode
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
base64_decode - Base64 encoded MIME of decoded data
Description
string base64_decode (string $data[, boolean $strict=false])
Decode a BASE64 encoded data.
Parameters
Data
Encode data.
Strict
Returns FALSE if the input contains characters outside of a base64 alphabet.
Return value
Returns raw data or FALSE on failure. The data returned may be binary.
Modify
Release Notes
5.2.0 Strict Supplement
Example
Example #1 Example of base64_decode()
$str = 'VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBlbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==';
echo base64_decode($str);
?>
The above example will output:
This is an encoded string
base64_encode(PHP 4, PHP 5)
base64_encode - Base64 using MIME encoded data
Description
String base64_encode (String $data)
Encode specific data to Base64.
This encoding is intended to enable binary data to survive transport through transport layers that do not support 8-bit encoding, such as email agencies.
Base64-encoded data takes approximately 33% more space than the original data.
Parameters
Data
The data are coded.
Return value
Encoded data, as a string.
Example
Example #1 base64_encode() example
$str = 'This is an encoded string';
echo base64_encode($str);
?>
The above example will output:
VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBlbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==