fbsql_create_blob

Create a BLOB (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)
string fbsql_create_blob ( string blob_data [, resource link_identifier ] )

Returns: A resource handle to the newly created blob.

fbsql_create_blob() creates a blob from blob_data. The returned resource handle can be used with insert and update commands to store the blob in the database.

Example 282. fbsql_create_blob() example

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<?php
   $link = fbsql_pconnect ("localhost", "_SYSTEM", "secret")
       or die ("Could not connect");
   $filename = "blobfile.bin";
   $fp = fopen($filename, "rb");
   $blobdata = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
   fclose($fp);
   
   $blobHandle = fbsql_create_blob($blobdata, $link);
   
   $sql = "INSERT INTO BLOB_TABLE (BLOB_COLUMN) VALUES ($blobHandle);";
   $rs = fbsql_query($sql, $link);
?>

See also: fbsql_create_clob(), fbsql_read_blob(), fbsql_read_clob(), and fbsql_set_lob_mode().

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