SimpleImage::output_base64 PHP Method

    function output_base64($format = null, $quality = null)
    {
        // Determine quality
        $quality = $quality ?: $this->quality;
        // Determine mimetype
        switch (strtolower($format)) {
            case 'gif':
                $mimetype = 'image/gif';
                break;
            case 'jpeg':
            case 'jpg':
                imageinterlace($this->image, true);
                $mimetype = 'image/jpeg';
                break;
            case 'png':
                $mimetype = 'image/png';
                break;
            default:
                $info = getimagesize($this->filename);
                $mimetype = $info['mime'];
                unset($info);
                break;
        }
        // Output the image
        ob_start();
        switch ($mimetype) {
            case 'image/gif':
                imagegif($this->image);
                break;
            case 'image/jpeg':
                imagejpeg($this->image, null, round($quality));
                break;
            case 'image/png':
                imagepng($this->image, null, round(9 * $quality / 100));
                break;
            default:
                throw new Exception('Unsupported image format: ' . $this->filename);
                break;
        }
        $image_data = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        // Returns formatted string for img src
        return 'data:' . $mimetype . ';base64,' . base64_encode($image_data);
    }