How can I give a svg a background image?

Question

I have a .jpg file and an .svg file and my goal is to make the .jpg file as background of the svg file but I did not find any way, is there such a possibility?

My goal I try to achieve is:

Answer 1

Context

You can use an SVG just like any other image, using

• background: url('my.svg') or
• <img src="my.svg" />

To show one image over the other, you need two elements, each holding an image.

There are generally two ways to do this:

1. having two elements, each with a background, overlapping each other
2. one component with a background, that is displaying an image.

The parent will have to be position: relative and the children, absolute.

Example 1

body {
  margin: 0;
}

.wrapper {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
}

.element1 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: url('https://picsum.photos/800/600');
  background-size: cover;
}

.element2 {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: url('https://picsum.photos/200/300') center no-repeat;
}

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="element1" />
  <div class="element2" />
</div>

Example 2

body {
  margin: 0;
}

.element1 {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  background: url('https://picsum.photos/800/600');
  background-size: cover;
}

<div class="element1">
  <img alt="my text" src="https://picsum.photos/200/300" />
</div>