If your page is frequently access and the data does not change then by all
means store the image in the file system.
however, I have found it useful to store the images in the database for
certain applications which I want to maintain an additional level of
security over the images when using ses
> Personally I think databases these days (MySQL in my experience at
> least) are more than reliable enough and fast enough to serve up
> binary data in quite large quantities. If you run into performance
> issues, implement a caching solution run from a crontab.
I had a very, very bad experienc
At 4:45 PM -0700 24/4/02, PHP List wrote:
>I was wondering about the following:
>Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link
>to a file on the system somewhere?
This should be a FAQ.
If you allow people to upload files via a web form, your only secure
option is to
Store a link to it. I see no advantage at all to storing binary data in
a database. It just creates a lot more work for you by putting the data
in a table. You have to create an "interface" to get at the data...or
select it out into a file to get back the image, etc.
---John Holmes...
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