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What are common mistakes when trying to display images in PHP?

One common mistake when trying to display images in PHP is not setting the correct content type header before outputting the image. This can result in the image not being displayed correctly or at all. To solve this issue, you need to set the content type header to 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', or 'image/gif' depending on the image type.

php 
<?php
// Set the content type header based on the image type
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');

// Output the image
$image = imagecreatefromjpeg('path/to/image.jpg');
imagejpeg($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>

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