ibase_blob_import

Description

string ibase_blob_import ( resource link_identifier, resource file_handle )

string ibase_blob_import ( resource file_handle )

This function creates a BLOB, reads an entire file into it, closes it and returns the assigned BLOB id. The file handle is a handle returned by fopen(). Returns FALSE on failure.

Example 1. ibase_blob_import() example <?php $dbh = ibase_connect($host, $username, $password); $filename = '/tmp/bar'; $fd = fopen($filename, 'r'); if ($fd) {     $blob = ibase_blob_import($dbh, $fd);     fclose($fd);     if (!is_string($blob)) {         // import failed     } else {         $query = "INSERT INTO foo (name, data) VALUES ('$filename', ?)";         $prepared = ibase_prepare($dbh, $query);         if (!ibase_execute($prepared, $blob)) {             // record insertion failed         }     } } else {     // unable to open the data file } ?>

See also ibase_blob_add(), ibase_blob_cancel(), ibase_blob_close() and ibase_blob_create().