Why is it not possible to include the output of an image in HTML?

It is not possible to include the output of an image directly in HTML because images are binary data that cannot be embedded directly into the HTML code. To display an image in HTML, you need to use the <img> tag and provide the path to the image file as the src attribute. 

&lt;?php
$imagePath = &#039;path/to/your/image.jpg&#039;;
$imageData = file_get_contents($imagePath);
$base64Image = base64_encode($imageData);
$imageSrc = &#039;data:&#039;.mime_content_type($imagePath).&#039;;base64,&#039;.$base64Image;
echo &#039;&lt;img src=&quot;&#039;.$imageSrc.&#039;&quot; alt=&quot;Your Image&quot;&gt;&#039;;
?&gt;

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PHP image output HTML base64 encoding content-type.

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