+ /**
+ * Convert a image URI to a Base64 encoded string.
+ * Attempts to find locally via set storage method first.
+ * @param string $uri
+ * @return null|string
+ * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
+ */
+ public function imageUriToBase64(string $uri)
+ {
+ $isLocal = strpos(trim($uri), 'http') !== 0;
+
+ // Attempt to find local files even if url not absolute
+ $base = baseUrl('/');
+ if (!$isLocal && strpos($uri, $base) === 0) {
+ $isLocal = true;
+ $uri = str_replace($base, '', $uri);
+ }
+
+ $imageData = null;
+
+ if ($isLocal) {
+ $uri = trim($uri, '/');
+ $storage = $this->getStorage();
+ if ($storage->exists($uri)) {
+ $imageData = $storage->get($uri);
+ }
+ } else {
+ try {
+ $ch = curl_init();
+ curl_setopt_array($ch, [CURLOPT_URL => $uri, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => 1, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5]);
+ $imageData = curl_exec($ch);
+ $err = curl_error($ch);
+ curl_close($ch);
+ if ($err) {
+ throw new \Exception("Image fetch failed, Received error: " . $err);
+ }
+ } catch (\Exception $e) {}
+ }
+
+ if ($imageData === null) {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ return 'data:image/' . pathinfo($uri, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) . ';base64,' . base64_encode($imageData);
+ }
+