http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/forums/ Help, Suggestions, and General Discussion en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:18:48 +0000 http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/forums/topic/how-save-converted-image-into-mysql-blob#post-124 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:57:10 +0000 Ian 124@http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/forums/ <p>To store an image in the database, I'd first write it to the file system in some temp location, then use file_get_contents to get the actual data to store in the DB.</p> <p>As far as forcing output type, check out: <a href="http://trac.gxdlabs.com/projects/phpthumb/wiki/Docs/BasicUsage#SavingImages" rel="nofollow">http://trac.gxdlabs.com/projects/phpthumb/wiki/Docs/BasicUsage#SavingImages</a> </p> http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/forums/topic/how-save-converted-image-into-mysql-blob#post-123 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:51:55 +0000 OrderByRand 123@http://phpthumb.gxdlabs.com/forums/ <p>Welcome,</p> <p>I would ask two question.</p> <p>First, how can i convert image into string <em>then save to MySQL.</em></p> <p>I have try following but without positive result. ( i think its foul of headers).</p> <p><code> ob_start();<br /> $thumb-&gt;show();<br /> $out = ob_get_clean();<br /> </code></p> <p>Second, how force to use output format ?<br /> I want store output images in JPG format.</p> <p>Please excuse my language </p>