Images take up more space when stored in the db, because you're storing raw binary data. Gif and jpeg are compression methods that convert binary data into something smaller that can be stored in a file.
The recent tests I did took 270megs of images and stored them into 180megs of jpg files. -Ed > -----Original Message----- > HEre is a question that I have been wondering about: > > - Does the image file use more space in the db or as a file itself > (Do Not count the extra data that one would store in the db along with > the image... ie. ID number) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
