Upload picture to database

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phpMyAdmin 2.6.3-pl1

 

I'm trying to upload a picture to a database. The part I'm really confused about is if the database will actually hold the file or do I need to upload it to the server then somehow put the link in the database. Here is some of the code that I found to use. And how much of this code do I actually need? Thanks

 

 

 

if ($act=='view'){
$sql="SELECT * FROM tbl_image where id=$id";
$rst=mysql_query($sql) or die('gagal');
$data=mysql_fetch_array($rst);
$type=$data[type];
Header("Content-type: $type");
echo $data[image];
}

if ($act=='del'){
$sql="DELETE FROM tbl_image where id=$id";
$rst=mysql_query($sql) or die('gagal');
}

if($submit)
{
$type = $_FILES['file']['type'];
copy ($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], "tmp/tmp.jpg") or die ("Could not copy");
$filer="tmp/tmp.jpg";
$handle = fopen($filer, "r");
$pure = addslashes(fread($handle, filesize($filer)));
$sql = "insert into tbl_image(image,type) values('$pure','$type')";
$result = mysql_query($sql,$cn)or die(mysql_error());
}

$sql="SELECT * FROM tbl_image";
$rst=mysql_query($sql) or die('gagal');
while ($data=mysql_fetch_array($rst)){
$id=$data[id];
echo "picture no $id <a href='./image.php?act=del&id=$id'>delete</a><br><img src='./image.php?act=view&id=$id'><br><br>";
}

[fenway]

If you "found" code, then ask whomever "wrote" it.

 

FYI, you can choose to do either.