if u have the data stored in the DB, just chuck the data out, with the correct mime-type header..
Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Narvaez, Teresa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Unable to display images on browser > Hello, > Thanks for your responses; however, I do not think I have the gd > libraries installed because ImageCreateFromString() was not found. I will > install it. > > I have a question: I can display the PNG or GIF image using the > browser. So Why do I need the GD library? Since I store the mime type in > the database I think that a call to header() to tell the browser what type > of mime-type is coming from the database should sufice. Also, I want to > store any type of binary data into my database (PNG, GIF, word, JPG, etc) Am > I missing something? > > Thanks, > -Teresa > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Unable to display images on browser > > > You need to insert the following lines after this line: > Header("Content-type: image/gif"); > > $im = ImageCreateFromString ($fileContent); > ImageGif ($im); > > and then remove this line: echo $fileContent; > That should do it. > > /Joakim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Narvaez, Teresa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:32 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Unable to display images on browser > > > Hello, Thanks for your help. This is what I have for file1.php and > ddownloadfile.php. What I want is to click on "Donwnload now" link and be > able to get the file out of the database and display it on the browser. > Thank you in adavance, -Teresa > file1.php > ----------- > <?php > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > { > ?> > SOME_HTLM_CODE_TO_DISPLAY_DB_FIELDS_GOES_HERE; > // <img src=\"ddownloadfile.php?fileId=<?php echo $row["PicNum"]; ?>\" > > > <a href="ddownloadfile.php?fileId=<?php echo $row["PicNum"]; ?>" > > Download Now > </a></font> > </td> > </tr> > <?php > > > ddownloadfile.php > ------------------ > <? > $dbQuery = "Select PicNum, size, type, description, Image"; > $dbQuery .= " FROM Images WHERE PicNum = $fileId"; > $result = mysql_query($dbQuery) > or die ("Could not get file list: " . mysql_error() ); > echo "Sent Query successfully<br>"; > if ( mysql_num_rows($result) == 1) > { > $fileType = @mysql_result($result,0, "type"); > $fileContent = @mysql_result($result, 0, "Image"); > $filedesc = @mysql_result($result,0, "description"); > $filenum = @mysql_result($result,0, "PicNum"); > Header("Content-type: image/gif"); > echo $fileContent; > } > else > { > echo "Record does not exist"; > } // else > ?> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
