PHP

Read/Write JSON with Binary Data such as JPEG Files

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Demonstrates how binary files could be stored in JSON in base64 format. Creates JSON containing the contents of a JPG file, and then reads the JSON to extract the JPEG image. Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\BinData;
use Chilkat2\JsonObject;

// First load a small JPG file..
$bd = new BinData();

$bd->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish20.jpg');
// Assume success, but your code should check for success..

// Create JSON containing the binary data in base64 format.
$json1 = new JsonObject();
$json1->UpdateBd('starfish', 'base64', $bd);

$jsonStr = $json1->Emit();
echo $jsonStr, "\n";

// Here's the output:
// {"starfish":"/9j/4AAQSkZJRgA ... cN2iuLFsCEbDGxQkI6RO/n//2Q=="}

// Let's create a new JSON object, load it with the above JSON, and extract the JPG image..
$json2 = new JsonObject();
$json2->Load($jsonStr);

// Get the binary bytes.
$bd2 = new BinData();
$json2->BytesOf('starfish', 'base64', $bd2);

// Save to a file.
$bd2->WriteFile('qa_output/starfish20.jpg');

echo "Success.\n";