image-base64-demo.php

<?php
$img = 'test.jpg';
$base64_img = base64EncodeImage($img);

echo  $base64_img;

function base64EncodeImage ($image_file) {
  $base64_image = '';
  $image_info = getimagesize($image_file);
  $image_data = fread(fopen($image_file, 'r'), filesize($image_file));
  $base64_image = 'data:' . $image_info['mime'] . ';base64,' . chunk_split(base64_encode($image_data));
  return $base64_image;
}
?>