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Uploading files to an SQL Database
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Why would you want to store the documents in a database? A reference table that links the files location with a description seems to be preferable.
That way the web server handles all the header issues that will come up when you have to extract the data from a binary field and stream through PHP.
I would advise to use standard PHP uploads and reference the files in an index like table.
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That way the web server handles all the header issues that will come up when you have to extract the data from a binary field and stream through PHP.
I would advise to use standard PHP uploads and reference the files in an index like table.
Start reading here:
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