$img = $this->getRequest()->getData('image');

        $folderPath = '\\ts-rackstation\Shared\Doyle\PROGRAMMERS\pics\Staff\';
        if (!filter_var(env('DEBUG', true), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)) {
            $folderPath = '\\ts-rackstation\pics\Staff\';
        }

        $image_parts = explode(";base64,", $img);

        $image_base64 = base64_decode($image_parts[1]);

        $newImage = imagescale($image_base64, 322, 255,  IMG_BICUBIC_FIXED);

        $fileName = $employeeSelections['employee'] . '.jpg';
        $file = $folderPath . $fileName;
        file_put_contents($file, $newImage);

file_put_contents($file, $img);