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Asked: 2026-06-01T12:47:46+00:00

I need to create a simple mySQL database with a field for an image.

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I need to create a simple mySQL database with a field for an image.

Is there a simple example that explains the type of field and how to upload from a directory on the server, etc…?

Thanks.

Erik

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here is a basic example of BLOB Storage:

    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `files` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `filename` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `ext` varchar(5) DEFAULT NULL,
  `filedata` blob,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=0 ;

<?php
$db = mysql_connect('localhost', 'user', 'pass') or die('Could not connect:' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('the_database',$db);

if(isset($_FILES['upload'])){

    if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'])) {
        $file_parts = pathinfo($_FILES['upload']['name']);

        $file['name'] =$file_parts['filename'];
        $file['ext']  =$file_parts['extension'];
        $file['data'] =addslashes(file_get_contents($_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'])); 

        mysql_query('INSERT into files (id,filename,ext,filedata) values ("","'.$file['name'].'","'.$file['ext'].'","'.$file['data'].'")',$db) or die(mysql_error());
        $notice="File Uploaded successfully";
    }
}
?>


<html>
<head>
<title>BLOB Upload</title>
</head>
<body>

<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="">
<h1 align="center">BLOB Upload</h1>
  <p align="center"><input type="file" name="upload" size="40"></p>
  <p align="center"><input type="submit" value="Upload"></p>
  <?php if(isset($notice)){echo '<p align="center">'.$notice.'</p>';}?>
</form>

</body>

</html>
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