PHP image uploader base64

Hi Russell,

Certainly possible - and probably a good idea (data is only about 33% larger than original). After upload, simply load the JPEG image into a string; encode with base64_encode() and then insert into the your image field (as BLOB) in the database (don't forget to use mysql_escape_string() of course).

On the way out; your image serving script simply needs to send the correct Content-Type header; and then use base64_decode and then print the output... e.g.

image.php

<?php
  header("Content-Type: image/jpeg");
  // db connection code here  
  $result = mysql_query("SELECT jpeg_base64 FROM table WHERE  id='".mysql_escape_string($_GET["id"]."'");
  $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
  $jpeg_raw = base64_decode($row["jpeg_base64"]);
  print $jpeg_raw;
  exit();
?>

Cheers,
David.

Hi Russell, Certainly

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