Posted by Nosferatum on 03/26/07 22:13

Ok, I have been told that it's not a good idea to store binary files
(like pdfs etc.) in MySQL, but in the file system. I am in desperat
need of a system where I can upload binary files like this, categorize
them, add some extra info to each file, and list them/make them
downloadable. (listing and making files downloadable is easy with
PHP).
If I upload each file to a folder in the web server file system, how
is it then that I can refer extra information like a category and some
metadata to the files that I later will list? No database=no extra
info?
I need a human understandable answere, since I am a really newbie in
PHP and MySQL. Hopefully a code example. If someone could help.

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