Re: php, text file, and mysql

Erik: thank for answering my first question: > the word "file" indicates that this is represented by an entity in a > filesystem -- thus, it would be saved to a server. now let me rephrase the second part. what i meant to say was the following: can i insert the actual file (i.e. "document.txt", of course with it contents) into a mysql? in other words, i don't want to read the contents of the file and insert the contents into a field in mysql. i want to insert the actual file into the database. is this possible? thanks again in advance. gregory on 3/7/02 12:44 PM, Erik Price at pricee@hhbrown.com wrote: > > On Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 04:30 PM, gregory hernandez wrote: > >> i'm wondering if i can do the following: >> >> FIRST, >> using php, can i create/generate a text file on-the-fly (not saved to a >> server) >> >> THEN, >> insert the actual text file (and not its contents) into a mysql >> database. > > Sorry, but I don't really understand the question. If you are creating > or generating a text file, the word "file" indicates that this is > represented by an entity in a filesystem -- thus, it would be saved to a > server. Are you asking if you can create/generate text without saving > it as a file on the server, but rather just storing the text in memory > temporarily? If so, then yes -- > > -- and the second question I haven't really figured out either. You > want to store a text file into a MySQL database but not the contents of > that file? It seems like in the first question you want to have > contents without a file, and in the second you want a file without > contents! :) > > Unless someone else figures out what you want and helps you, ask again > but describe what you want a little bit more. PHP can do a lot of > things. > > > Erik > > > > > ---- > > Erik Price > Web Developer Temp > Media Lab, H.H. Brown > pricee@hhbrown.com >