"John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Five wrote:
> > I have php code that takes text input from a webpage and and stores it in a mysql
> > data base.
> > I tried uploading small images (jpg) using basically the same syntax but they
> > don't make it into the data base.
> > Does anyone know of a simple tutorial that shows how to do this?
>
> although I'm against storing files in databases...
>
> $file =
> mysql_real_escape_string(file_get_contents($_FILES['yourfile']['tmp_name']));
> $query = "INSERT INTO yourtable (imgdata) VALUES ('$file')";
>
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Thanks, that seems to work. Although trying to retrieve them and show them in a
browser shows characters / symbols instead. This
kind of stuff:
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