Tutorial: Storing Images in MySQL with PHP

[Jordan]

No problem.

[markus7258]

Its a great script... would it be possible to upload multiple images using one submit button only? I tried but it did not work...can you help me... show me how to do it ... thanks so much

[Jordan]

Yes, in the HTML you will need to specify the image variable as an array:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="insert.php" method="post" name="changer">
<input name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="102400" type="hidden">
<input name="image[]" accept="image/jpeg" type="file">
<input name="image[]" accept="image/jpeg" type="file">
<input name="image[]" accept="image/jpeg" type="file">
<input name="image[]" accept="image/jpeg" type="file">
<input value="Submit" type="submit">

Notice the brackets [] on the image name (image[])? That allows you to upload multiple images via HTML. In PHP you will need to iterate through the image[] array.

[s1gh]

I can't get this script to work.
Everytime I try to upload an image, I get the following error: No image selected/uploaded.

Is there a problem with the script?

Edit: Stupid me. I had set the maximum filesize way too low!
So now it's working!

Thanks for the tutorial!

[shailesh]

it is a good tutorial and code for php learner

[moulai]

hi

retrieve the contents from database, and save it in a image formated file, call it from html

[ssSuave]

Hi I have followed all the steps and I understand the concept behind uploading and displaying an image(according to Jaan), however the image still does not display for me.

I believe the problem is with the rights of the file or something. The reason why I think so is because i have tried uploading an image to the "uploads" folder with ftp and i can easily display it however if i upload the same exact image with the upload form and then i try to view it I get the following message "403 Forbidden".

If it makes any difference I am using a hosted site.

Any idea why when i upload an image with the upload form it becomes forbidden in the folder?

Thank you Very much in advance

[Jordan]

A 403 means you can't access your PHP script. You probably have bad permissions, as you stated. chmod 755 it and try again.

[ssSuave]

So what permission rights must a folder technically have?

Initially i had the following permissions:

(and if you chmod 755 it this is how permissions will end up)

Me: Read and Write
Staff: Read only
Everyone: Read only

then I changed them to
Me: Read and Write
Staff: Read and Write
Everyone: Read and Write

and still get the forbidden message.

Btw I have the following setup:

mywebsite.com contains a folder "uploads"
mywebsite.com contains all of my php pages

I am trying to store just the path in the database and the actual image files
in the upload folder.

I host my website, so in order to make sure that my folder(uploads) had read and write access rights(which i assume are correct) i have created it on my computer and then sent it with ftp to my host. So I assume the folder still has the correct permission rights set up.


It is weird that it works fine if i ftp and image (i am then able to view it). But if i use the uploads form it does get uploaded but i cant view it and get that "forbidden" message.

Thank you so much for your help!

[ssSuave]

Hi Jordan! thanks for help.

So I discovered that after I upload my image with the file upload form, the actual image's permission settings change. They change to no read rights. Therefore somewhere in my upload form i have to chmod 755 the actual file but I am not sure how to do so.

Could you please help me out? and here is the code I have to actually upload the image:

if(isset($_POST['submitted']))
{
    
    $uploadDir = 'uploads/';
    
    $fileName = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
    $tmpName = $_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'];
    $fileSize = $_FILES['userfile']['size'];
    $fileType = $_FILES['userfile']['type'];
    
    $filePath = $uploadDir . $fileName;
    
    $result = move_uploaded_file($tmpName, $filePath);
    if (!$result)
    {
       echo "Error uploading file";
    }
        
    if(!get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
       $fileName = addslashes($fileName);
       $filePath = addslashes($filePath);
    } 
}