Just a note about this: I am starting to play with the base64_encode
function.... It does indeed create a bigger string than the original, *BUT*,
I've also found that if you use the following:
$img = gzcompress(base64_encode(fread(fopen($userfile, "r"),
filesize($userfile))));
your end result will be even smaller than the original image string, that
you would get from running:
$img = addslashes(fread(fopen($userfile, "r"), filesize($userfile)));
Original Image, slashes added: 27941
Base64 Encoded: 36256
Base64 Encoded, Compressed: 26785
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sheridan Saint-Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "php-general"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Fw: Data from SQL to a string in a useable format
> I will certainly give it a try... Thanks!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sheridan Saint-Michel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "php-general" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Fw: Data from SQL to a string in a useable format
>
>
> > This may be way out in left field... but since no one else seems to be
> > answering,
> >
> > Have you considered using something like base64_encode?
> > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.base64-encode.php
> >
> > That would change your image to plaintext without any characters that
need
> > to be escaped.
> >
> > The when you retrieve it you would just run it through base64_decode and
> > viola!
> >
> > I have never tried this, and like I said there may very well be a better
> > solution.
> > (Especially since the DB is usually the bottleneck and base64_encode
> > actually makes the file bigger)
> >
> > Let me know if that helps
> > Sheridan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jason Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: PHP Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:51 AM
> > Subject: [PHP] Fw: Data from SQL to a string in a useable format
> >
> >
> > Ok, never got a reply yesterday, so I figured I'd resend this..... can
> this
> > even be done?
> > __________________________________
> >
> > How can I pull my data from my SQL db, and store it as a string so that
it
> > can be used? Specificly, I'm working with images.
> >
> > When the images are stored in the database, the only pre-processing that
> is
> > done is:
> >
> > $img = addslashes(fread(fopen($userfile, "r"), filesize($userfile)));
> >
> > (* note: $userfile is the file identifier from my upload form.)
> >
> > I want to pull the data out of the database and store it in a string, so
> > that I can use imagecopyresampled to create a thumbnail, but I just
can't
> > seem to get it to work....
> >
> > please help!!!!!!
> >
> > Thanks, Jason
> >
> >
> >
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