Re: Alternative methods for storing uploaded images?

Definitely makes sense with regard to site performance, but, sort of in past 
used something like this in ASP.Net to sort of/partially make sure only 
signed in users/browsers could then actually 'see' images, etc., but, that 
could also be handled easily enough using a form of server-side 
redirect/reroute, etc., and, main thing is was just wondering about it, but, 
for now, am definitely quite content/happy enough renaming image files and 
then using the static content/files later on.

Stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Chalkley" <[email protected]>
To: "'Jacob Kruger'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:35 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Alternative methods for storing uploaded images?


> Jacob,
>
> I have a gallery i created with a Java template, PHP, and MYSQL.
>
> In the admin section you create category's and upload the images to a 
> folder
> eg: Pictures
>
> On upload the script water marks and creates Thumb nails for use in the
> gallery.
>
> http://www.helenshappyhome.co.uk/gallery.php
>
> Visitors can then select what gallery they wish to view, and the PHP pulls
> the relevant images
>
> Before i did this, i did a lot of looking into it and was advised using 
> the
> DB to store the image/binary would be a big no on performance of the site. 
> I
> do not know how true this is.
>
>
> BR,
>
> Gav
> Skype : squidge1980
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 10 May 2012 19:08
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Alternative methods for storing uploaded images?
>
> Just wondering if it's better to either store uploaded images, via 
> something
> like a form of CMS, in a static folder, with a unique name based on
> something like the data record's id field, when keeping track of it's
> location like that, or is it better to actually store the binary data of 
> the
> image file in the mySQL database itself, and then sort of stream it back 
> out
> when displaying the image, and if so, would presume that would be 
> relatively
> simple to implement, but, OTOH, if you were then using the data to then
> render static content output for later use, it would, obviously, be better
> to keep the image content static as well...?
>
> Thoughts/examples?
>
> Stay well
>
> Jacob Kruger
> Blind Biker
> Skype: BlindZA
> '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
> 


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