Php : Convert a blob into an image file

Question

Is this possible with php and a mysql database to Convert a blob into an image file?

Answer 1

In my case i had to use base64_decode to convert blob images correctly into file.

$path = "/tmp/images";
$sql = "SELECT image_name, image_content FROM images";

$result = mysql_query($sql, $db_con);
if (!$result) {
   $message  = 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "\n";
   $message .= 'Whole query: ' . $sql;
   die($message);
}

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
   $image = $row["image_contents"];
   $name = $row["image_name"];

   // option 1
   $file = fopen($path."/".$name,"w");
   echo "File name: ".$path."$name\n";
   fwrite($file, base64_decode($image));
   fclose($file);

   // option 2 (oneliner)
   // file_put_contents($path."/".$name, base64_decode($image));
}