GdThumb::getImageAsString PHP Method

    public function getImageAsString()
    {
        $data = null;
        ob_start();
        $this->show(true);
        $data = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        return $data;
    }

 /**
  * Get the image data
  *
  * @return string Image data
  */
 public function get()
 {
     return $this->thumb->getImageAsString();
 }