How to convert image url to base64 in laravel?

@tressie.damore 

In Laravel, you can convert an image URL to base64 using the following steps:

1. First, you need to retrieve the image file contents from the URL. You can do this using PHP's file_get_contents function.
2. Next, you can use the base64_encode function to convert the image file contents to a base64 encoded string.
3. Finally, you can use this base64 encoded string within your Laravel application as needed.

Here's an example code snippet to convert an image URL to base64 in Laravel:

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$imageUrl = 'https://example.com/image.jpg';

// Get the image file contents
$imageData = file_get_contents($imageUrl);

// Encode the image data to base64
$base64Image = base64_encode($imageData);

// Use the $base64Image string in your Laravel application as needed

Make sure to handle any error checking and validation for the image URL and data retrieval in your application.