upload image to mysqli database
<?php // Include the database configuration file require_once 'dbConfig.php'; // If file upload form is submitted $status = $statusMsg = ''; if(isset($_POST["submit"])){ $status = 'error'; if(!empty($_FILES["image"]["name"])) { // Get file info $fileName = basename($_FILES["image"]["name"]); $fileType = pathinfo($fileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); // Allow certain file formats $allowTypes = array('jpg','png','jpeg','gif'); if(in_array($fileType, $allowTypes)){ $image = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name']; $imgContent = addslashes(file_get_contents($image)); // Insert image content into database $insert = $db->query("INSERT into images (image, uploaded) VALUES ('$imgContent', NOW())"); if($insert){ $status = 'success'; $statusMsg = "File uploaded successfully."; }else{ $statusMsg = "File upload failed, please try again."; } }else{ $statusMsg = 'Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG, & GIF files are allowed to upload.'; } }else{ $statusMsg = 'Please select an image file to upload.'; } } // Display status message echo $statusMsg; ?>