Re: [PHP-DB] how can save image in mysql

2001-08-16 Thread Pawel Fornalski
if were you i wouldn't do it. operations on database uses a lot of servers procesor power. if you put everything into database some day it will be very slow to use it anymore. the best seems solution with keeping the ath to the file and just put it into html or just reed width fopen. it will be

RE: [PHP-DB] how can save image in mysql

2001-08-16 Thread Dave Watkinson
I have a personal dislike to storing binary data in a database. What I do is upload the file to a specific place on the server and then insert a link into the database as the URL to the file. There's loads of places you can find upload examples - try www.thickbook.com or www.phpbuilder.net HTH :