base64_encode

  • In Ruby, we use the Base64 class to encode data using a base 64 representation. We first need to require the Base64 library using require "base64". This is similar to using require_once to include a class in PHP.

    To get the equivalent result of PHP’s base64_encode function, we’ll use the Base64.encode64 class method.

    PHP

    $result = base64_encode('Hello world');
var_export($result);
// => 'SGVsbG8gd29ybGQ='

    Ruby

    require 'base64'
 
p Base64.encode64("Hello world")
# => "SGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=\n"

    Take note that the Ruby version inserts a newline at the end of the string where PHP does not

    see also

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