Posted by nemo on 06/27/05 14:24

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:06:59 +0300, "Parastatidis Nikos" <capamaru@quake.gr>
wrote:

>hi there
>
>i have some images on blob fields on mysql
>
>is there a way to manipulate them directrly from the image stream i get from
>mysql?
>or i have to write the stream on a file first?
>
>because most image functions of php take filenames as variables
>is there any way to manipulate images directly from mysql?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
When you say "manipulate" them, what are you after, exactly?
I can't answer your question directly, but it's generally considered to be a
Bad Idea to store images in the database. Instead, store the image_filename
only, and control everything else via the output string.
Unless you have a truly horrendous number of images, I would suggest you
re-arrange your set-up as above.

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