title: Save base64 encoded image into the file in PHP
body: <p>I have the following code : </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  header('Content-Type: image/png');
  $data = "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAuAAAAI8CAYAAACwIh5dAAAgAElkZJgRCXxOAuIPzzTlg......";       
  define('UPLOAD_DIR', '/home/Desktop/image.png');
  $img = $data;
  $img = str_replace('data:image/png;base64,', '', $img);
  $img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
  $data = base64_decode($img);
  $file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.png';
  $success = file_put_contents($file, $data);
  print $success ? $file : 'Unable to save the file.';
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here <code>$data</code> contain the encoded string of image in base-64. I want to save the image into the file. I did the previous code also go through lot of tutorial in google but it's not working. </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me where I am going wrong.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>