Output image from controller to view

Code:

<img src="'.base_url().'serve/thumb/'.$gallery->gallery_id.'/'.$pic->pic_id.'" alt="" title="" />

Code:

&lt;?php



class Serve extends Controller {

    

    var $img;

    

    function Serve()

    {

        parent::Controller();

        $this->load->model('Gallery_model');

    }

    function thumb(){

        $gid = $this->uri->segment(3);

        $pid = $this->uri->segment(4);

        $gallery = $this->Gallery_model->get_gallery($gid);

        $pic = $this->Gallery_model->getPic($pid,$this->session->userdata('id'));

        $this->img = 'gallery/'.$gallery->gallery_dir.'/thumb/'.$pic->pic_link;

        if(is_file($this->img)){

            Header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");

            print file_get_contents($this->img);

        }else{

            Header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");

            print file_get_contents('public/gfx/thumbnotset.jpg');

        }

    }

}

?&gt;