how to upload and convert image in base64 without storing the image in php

Question

I can upload the image and save it in any location, then I convert that image in base64. but how can we do that we convert image in base64 without saving it. any solution please?

Answer 1

$photoTmpPath = $_FILES['filename']['tmp_name'];
$data = file_get_contents($photoTmpPath);
$base64 = base64_encode($data);

and if you want to test:

header('Content-type: image/png');
echo $data;
exit;