On 3/20/2013 8:43 AM, Toby Hart Dyke wrote:
You're right - you're pulling $file out of thin air. Once uploaded, the
file is stored in $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], and you need to manually
read the data into $file yourself. Something like:
file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])
To
Absolutely - do not store any images in a db. Makes no sense. The data
(the image) is static, basically safe from alteration or changing in any
way, so what is the need? Save the location/name of the image only and
store all of them in one (or more) secured folders on the server. No db
over
You're right - you're pulling $file out of thin air. Once uploaded, the
file is stored in $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], and you need to manually
read the data into $file yourself. Something like:
file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])
Toby
On 3/19/2013 8:15 PM, Ron Piggott wrote
Ron,
If your hell bent on storing the image data. :P
I would say base64 the data and use a blob or text
then read it out using something like..
$image = '';
echo($image);
I would also say your individual image max size should be 50k or less.
If your storing product images for a catalog for insta
I am with Karl on this.
Storing an image in the db is very heavy on lpad times.
Upload the image to a folder with name saved with location
On Mar 19, 2013 11:12 PM, "Karl DeSaulniers" wrote:
> Hey Ron,
> I don't know how others feel, but I say save yourself a headache and dont
> store the image