DataURIze all images in a dir with PHP

gistfile1.php

<?php

/*

  - Check folder images for available images files (I used gif only in this case)
  - Loop through all images and render them inline in HTML, using dataURI's with Base64 encoding through PHP
  - View the output in your browser to get the encoded strings

*/

$path = 'images/';
$handle = opendir($path);

while (($file = readdir($handle)) != false) {
  if(strlen($file) > 3) {
    print '<img src="data:image/gif;base64,'.base64_encode(file_get_contents($path.$file)).'"> <br />'."\n";
  }
}

closedir($handle);

?>