Decodes data encoded with MIME base64

base64_decode

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

base64_decode — Decodes data encoded with MIME base64

string base64_decode ( string $data [, bool $strict = false ] )

Decodes a base64 encoded data.

data: The encoded data.
strict: Returns FALSE if input contains character from outside the base64 alphabet.

Returns the original data or FALSE on failure. The returned data may be binary.

Version	Description
5.2.0	`strict` added

Example #1 base64_decode() example


<?php
$str = 'VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBlbmNvZGVkIHN0cmluZw==';
echo base64_decode($str);
?>

The above example will output:

This is an encoded string