Topic awaiting preservation: php: upload file directly into mysql

is there an easy possibility to store a file that was uploaded via input type=file directly into a mysql-db which is defined as BLOB?

or what does
Warning: open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory ....
mean when i do:
copy($uploadedfile, "./newfile.txt");

open_basedir messages mean you don't have the rights to open the file in its current location. This is usually indicative of PHP running in Safe Mode. You can work around this if you have access to the .conf file. Check phpinfo and look for the safe_mode setting. If it's on, check the open_basedir setting. You can open files in any dir underneath what is listed.



[This message has been edited by Pugzly (edited 03-03-2002).]

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pugzly, yes php is running in safe mode and i dont have access to the config files.

ini, what exactly do you mean?

He means it's more work for the server to have your files in blobs of a DB. It's better (and less work on the server) to store the path to the file in the DB, and the file itself in just the file system.

ah! i see.
btw, i got around the problem of storing by using move_uploaded_file().

thanks all.

to load a file directly into a blob field, use this:

insert into tablename(blobfield) values(load_file('/path/to/file.txt'))