decoding base64 into an image

[sillysillysilly]

I am trying to take the data from an xml file that is base64 encoded image and view it.  I have a code snippet that will take the data and save it to a file.  The file can be viewed as a jpg in a picture viewer but cannot be viewed in a web browser.

 

I would rather have it do both, save to a file for tracking purposes and be displayable in a web browser because this will be sent to a third person to print out in their email.

 

Here is the code I am using.

 

$image_data = "SUkqAAgAAAASAP4ABAABAAAAAAAAAAABBAABAAAApAYAAAEBBAABAAAAmAgAAAIB

AwABAAAAAQAAAAMBAwABAAAABAAAAAYBAwABAAAAAAAAAAoBAwABAAAAAgAAABEB (trunkated to be brief).

 

$theFile = base64_decode($image_data);

$file = fopen('test.jpg', 'wb');

fwrite($file, $theFile);

fclose($file);

 

echo '<img src=test.jpg>';

 

 

 

any ideas on what I need to do to make it viewable in the browser?