fbsql_create_blob

Description

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 1. fbsql_create_blob() example <?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().