Re: Limitations to variable length?

In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.10007112121140.4029-100000@linux30.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>, steffen.wieschalla@student.uni-tuebingen.de (Steffen Wieschalla) wrote: > I want to store images in a BLOB. So I have to store the data in a > variable to give them to mysql_query(). > Are there limitations to the length of string variables in PHP? Yes. You can only store as string as large as your available RAM. > Or does someone know a better solution to insert images in BLOBs (mysql) > uploaded by a form? Store the file in the file system where it belongs. Store the path in MySQL. There are numerous threads on this in the archives. -- 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!)