Re: Re: Storing images

--- Kim Steinhaug <kim@steinhaug.com> wrote: > Well as far as I can see you have 2 options. > > a) Store them directly on disc > b) Store them in a database (eg. mySQL) > > I would think that a) is the best way without doubt I usually take this option myself, but when you are creating an application to run on a large cluster of servers, option b is the better choice in many cases. It eliminates having to maintain server affininty with your load balancer or having to replicate the data among all the servers. Hope that helps. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ RAMP Training Courses http://www.nyphp.org/ramp