Re: HELP, blobs in informix

In article <00070312234102.19603@math.unl.edu.ar>, martin@math.unl.edu.ar ("Martin A. Marques") wrote: > I have hard troble trying to understand how PHP works with blobs. especially > with the funtion ifx_create_blob, in which I can't understand the third > parameter. The manual says this: > > ifx_create_blob > > ifx_create_blob -- Creates an blob object > > Description > > int ifx_create_blob(int type, int mode, string param); > > Creates an blob object. > > type: 1 = TEXT, 0 = BYTE > > mode: 0 = blob-object holds the content in memory, 1 = blob-object holds the content in file. > > param: if mode = 0: pointer to the content, if mode = 1: pointer to the filestring. > > Return FALSE on error, otherwise the new blob object-id. > > > I don't understand the param (third) parameter. How is it? What should I put > there? I'm guessing that you either put a variable with a really long string in there (mode 0) or the path to a file (mode 1) At least, that's how I read it... Sample: $image = CreateGif(); . . . $blob1 = ifx_create_blob(0, 0, $image); $blob2 = ifx_create_blob(0, 1, "/path/to/other/image.gif"); $blob3 = ifx_create_blob(1, 0, "This is a chunk of text in RAM"); $blob4 = ifx_create_blob(1, 1, "/path/to/text.txt"); Disclaimer: I could be reading this entirely wrong... If it works, add my sample code to the user notes, okay? -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)