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Base64 encode images for browser loading
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| <?php | |
| $im = file_get_contents('<image url here>'); | |
| $imdata = base64_encode($im); | |
| ?> | |
| <img src="data:image/png;base64,<?php echo $imdata; ?>" /> | |
| or | |
| <img src="data:image/jpg;base64,<?php echo $imdata; ?>" /> |
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Combine this with a lazy-loading library like echo.js and you get deferred image rendering by the browser without any calls to external image servers.