How to Insert Images into an Email Message Body not as attachments?

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i am working on a project where i have to send emails with images, but the problem is the image must be sent inside message body not as attachment, i have tried a lot from my side, but no result found. Please provide me some appropriate solution to sort out this problem.

Thanks in advance...

Simple Dude, encode the image in base64 format and then append in message body with some separator :) — Shahzad Barkati, Nov 27 '14 at 12:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '14 at 12:07

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Create a base64 string from the image and use this as the src.

$img = file_get_contents('image.jpg');
$img_b64 = base64_encode($img);

echo "<img src='data:image/jpeg;base64," . $img_b64 . "' />";

If you use another kind of image files, you will have to use another mime type.

answered Nov 27 '14 at 12:07

Jerodev

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Why the downvote? This is the way to do it... – Jerodev Nov 27 '14 at 13:21
That works for normal HTML displayed with just about any modern browser but does not work with most email clients. – Neal Davis Dec 11 '18 at 00:40

How to Insert Images into an Email Message Body not as attachments?

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