Image to mysql?

[bobnew32]

Can sombody please point me in the right direction to a guide/thread on uploading an image and turning its contents into a "blob?" (I think) for a mysql database? Thanks

[bcolflesh]

weberdev.com/get_example.php3?count=3688

experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/PHP/Q_20004739.html

[jatar_k]

I don't usually store images in the actual db, it can become quite a lot of data when loading a page. I usually store the path to the image in the db and have one centralized directory that I use to store them in.

If you are uploading large images you may want to think about using php to resize or optimize them. You can even create thumbnails if you want to serve a smaller image at first glance.

There is a little scipt in here that might be of interest.
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