base64 to image

import base64

file = 'deer.jpg'
image = open(file, 'rb')
image_read = image.read()
image_64_encode = base64.encodebytes(image_read) #encodestring also works aswell as decodestring

print('This is the image in base64: ' + str(image_64_encode))

image_64_decode = base64.decodebytes(image_64_encode) 
image_result = open('deer_decode.jpg', 'wb') # create a writable image and write the decoding result
image_result.write(image_64_decode)

$path = 'myfolder/myimage.png';
$type = pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$data = file_get_contents($path);
$base64 = 'data:image/' . $type . ';base64,' . base64_encode($data);