The two biggest reasons why 1. Bloats the database 2. Slow at retrieving the images
-----Original Message----- From: Reuben D Budiardja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:30 AM To: Todd Williamsen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: insert picture file in MySQL (+php) On Thursday 14 February 2002 10:16 am, Todd Williamsen wrote: > Reuben, > > You can store the images into a database, but no one recommends it. > What I do, is actually store the location of the file in the database > then have PHP open it. Any reason why it is not recommended? I was going to do it that way (store the location of the file only), and have php open it and then use something like <IMG SRC=$location>. But the problem is, that way everyone who knows a bit about html can use view source and know the locations of the image file, and can open it directly. It's a problem for my particular case because we want to restrict access to the images, and only certain people can see certain image, and so on. The only I can think about right now to achieve that is to store the image directly in the table. That's why I asked. Thanks. Reuben D. Budiardja > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reuben D Budiardja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: insert picture file in MySQL (+php) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
