Hi,

> "Bret Kuhns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Now all of the binary data will be stored in a blob in your table
> (don't let the skeptics scare you away from this approach

This[0] is an interesting read (check the comments too!) on this
subject.

> And it'll probably help to keep track of the image's MIME
> content-type with another table column if you're going to have a PHP
> script that outputs the blob field data.

Don't forget that the uploaded MIME type can be faked[1]. You may want
to look into using the command 'magic' or getimagesize()[2] to get a
real MIME type.


Regards,

--Lamby


[0]
http://mysqldump.azundris.com/archives/36-Serving-Images-From-A-Database.html
[1] http://uk2.php.net/features.file-upload
[2] http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.getimagesize.php

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 Chris Lamb, Cambridgeshire, UK             WWW: http://chris-lamb.co.uk
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