PHP

Base64 Encode a File

_LANGUAGE_ to Base64 encode the contents of a file. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\FileAccess;

// Get the contents of a file into a base64 encoded string:
$fac = new FileAccess();
try {
    $strBase64 = $fac->ReadBinaryToEncoded('c:/data/something.pdf', 'base64');

    // Now write the string to a file:
    $fac->WriteEntireTextFile('c:/data/something_pdf_base64.txt', $strBase64, 'us-ascii', false);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Success!\n";