Question

I am trying to store and retrieve photos from a MySql database.
Can someone tell me how to do this?

• 1st Solution that am uisng now :
  I am using Zend_File_Transfer and Zend_Form_Element_File in my forms to upload files to a specified folder, saving the full path and the mime type in my database.
  (File stored in server, and file info stored in database)
• 2nd Solution that i whant to know how to do it :
  I am searchig for how to implement a method to retrieve data from a Mysql BLOB field (containing my photo file) and display it in my view in an <img> tag if possible.
  (File and info stored in database)

Answer 1

i resolve my problem like folowing:

1. Storing my photo file in a BLOB field into database (using traditional Zend_Form, Zend_File_Transfer and Zend_Form_Element_File)

2. when rerieving this file data from my database to render it in my view, i use something like this:

   <img src="data:<?php echo $dbData->fileMimeType; ?>;base64,<?php echo base64_encode($dbData->fileData); ?>" />
   the html result is like this:
   <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaQAAAGkCAYAAAB+TFE1AAA....(Data)....LKf3f6ZTf/akvtxuC8HL7kcUkjg9UAOG2nxejCHTa2518Mju"\>

so easy and so simple 🙂