Php display image from url into homepage

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after no one answered at this question Php Rss feed use img in CDATA -> content:encoded i try to do something else solving this problem...

how can i load an image from a given url directly into my homepage?

<?php
     $url = "...";
     $image = file_get_contents("$url");
     echo $image;
?>

*i don't want to save the image anywhere... just load the image from the url and show it in my own homepage.

Try this $image = file_get_contents($url); or if you are just displaying why dont you just show image from the url — Varun
– Varun, Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 17:50
Now it shows me a lot of letters and question marks... it seem like it tries to decoding the image — Bob
– Bob, Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 17:54
You have to base 64 encode it. Check this: stackoverflow.com/a/21600709/4407926 — Varun
– Varun, Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 17:55
tried it... it works but show me this -> mime_content_type(): Can only process string or stream arguments — Bob
– Bob, Commented Aug 3, 2015 at 18:00

Varun · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-03 18:08:49Z

9

Try this code,work fine on my machine.

<?php

$image = 'http://www.google.com/doodle4google/images/d4g_logo_global.jpg';
$imageData = base64_encode(file_get_contents($image));
echo '<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,'.$imageData.'">';
?>

answered Aug 3, 2015 at 18:08

Varun

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Przemysław Jan Wróbel Over a year ago

Remember to swap image/jpeg with image/png if you are displaying png file.

Lonare Over a year ago

This is very slow. Is there any other way to do it perhaps faster

Przemysław Jan Wróbel · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-03 17:55:12Z

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You are almost there. When you download the contents of the file you need to encode it to base64 if you do not plan to store it on server.

<?php

$url = '...';
$image = base64_encode(file_get_contents($url));

?>

Then you can display it:

<img src="data:image/x-icon;base64,<?= $image ?>">

answered Aug 3, 2015 at 17:55

Przemysław Jan Wróbel

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Bob Over a year ago

show me this -> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<'

Przemysław Jan Wróbel Over a year ago

Can you post your full example somewhere?

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