Posted by Jeff on 01/18/07 10:28

"Jeff" <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:JMmdnRUP8rIZSDPYRVnzvQ@telenor.com...
> Hey
>
> I'm trying to develop a web portal using php 5.2.0. At this web portal I
> want to provide users with a picture upload functionality. They can upload
> pictures to their profiles etc. I want the pictures to be stored in the
> MySql database (storing images in db may not a good thing from a
> performance perspective). I'm not sure how to upload a picture file into a
> MySql database, so I've been googling for a while. I came accross this
> great example
> http://wellho.co.uk/solutions/php-example-php-form-image-upload-store-in-mysql-database-retreive.html
> I'm wondering if this code actually could work if many users are trying
> upload the files simultaneously. Is there a possibility when many uses are
> uploading images simultaneously that an image can be uploaded to the wrong
> profile?
>
> Jeff
>

Okay. I haven't solved this issue, but I've read in the php documentation.
So this post is considered solved. To make sure the file names are unique it
could be a good idea to add a timestamp (using time() ) to the filename of
the picture. And then use md5 on the filename...

Jeff

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