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barkster

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I'm trying to display images from a database on my page but I can't figure out how.  Here is how I insert into the db

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if ($handle = opendir('magik/')) {
echo "Running<br>";
  /* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
  while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
  $readfile = fopen('magik/'.$file, "r");
$data = addslashes(fread($readfile, filesize('magik/'.$file)));
mysql_query("INSERT INTO binary_data (bin_data,filename) VALUES ('$data','$file')", $conn) or die(mysql_error());
  }
  closedir($handle);
}
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Here is how I was tring to retrieve but I know isn't right.

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<?php
$i=1;
echo("here");
do {
echo('<img src="'.$row_img['bin_data'].'" width="10" height="10"');
//echo "data".$row_img['bin_data'];
$i++;
if($i == 44) {
echo "<br>";
$i = 1;
}
}
while ($row_img = mysql_fetch_assoc($result));
?>
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It might be easier to store only the path to the file in the database, then store the images on your web server, then display them by retrieving filenames for your <img src>.

If you [b]really[/b] want to store the images in the database, I think you need a BLOB field.  Also, I expect you shouldn't use addslashes on a binary object like an image.

Then to retrieve the image you would write a script called something like getimage.php and have variables like 'name' (e.g. getimage.php?name=spaceship.jpg. You could then have something like <img src="getimage.php?name=spaceship.jpg">

In that script you'd do a "SELECT bin_data FROM binary_data WHERE filename='$name'" ($name being a validated $_GET['name']. Then depending on the image type (jpg, gif) you'd output the correct headers followed by the 'bin_data'. (e.g. header('Content-Type: image/jpeg') )

Sorry it's a bit of a pseduo-answer, but hope it helps!
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