Hi All
I don’t understand how to save an image to a mySQL table based on the following
form. I am trying to do this using Prepared Statements. All the fields except
the image file itself save in the database. Right now I have $file as the
variable when binding the values. What should it be? Ron
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<form action="add_my_image.php" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
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mySQL table structure:
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reference – INT 10 auto_increment primary
caption – VARCHAR 250
image_type – VARCHAR 100
image_size – INT 10
image_name – VARCHAR 100
image – LONGBLOB
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Prepared Statement:
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# mySQL query
$query = "INSERT INTO `my_images` ( `reference` , `caption` , `image_type`
, `image_size` , `image_name` , `image` ) VALUES ( NULL , :caption ,
:image_type , :image_size , :image_name , :image );";
# apply query to Prepared Statement
if($stmt = $dbh->prepare( $query )) {
# bind variables
$stmt->bindValue(':caption', 'Test Caption', PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindValue(':image_type', $_FILES["file"]["type"],
PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindValue(':image_size', $_FILES["file"]["size"],
PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->bindValue(':image_name', $_FILES["file"]["name"],
PDO::PARAM_STR);
$stmt->bindValue(':image', $file, PDO::PARAM_STR);
# execute query
if ( $stmt->execute() or die(print_r($stmt->errorInfo(), true)) ) {
# retrieve auto_increment value
$new_record_reference = $dbh->lastInsertId();
}
}
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Ron Piggott
www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info
