[olug] PHP vs. Perl

[Andrew Holm-Hansen]

I think in Java, you can just retrieve them as blobs or longs, typecast 
them, and embed them.  I don't know about PHP, but it would surely have 
the same functionality.

Andrew

Jonathan Warren wrote:

>Normally a photo linked into a page is a pointer back to the image.  It seems to me if you want a photo to be served up from a db your going to have to some how alias the db pointer in your web server to a url.  I don't know of anythign to do this.  I don't know if you can embed the image than the browser should be able to interpret it.  Basically I am suggesting you dump all your images in a scripted manner and write php to interpret your pictures directory.  If you find a way to use images direct from a db please share with the list.  I would like to know how it is done.
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>-Jon W
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>On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:18:25AM -0600, Joe Catanzaro wrote:
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>>I'm in the process of building a web page for my family (we just had a 
>>baby, blah, blah, blah), and I have several questions.
>>
>>1. Most of my web page data, such as photos are stored in a MySQL database. 
>>To manage the database I use MySQLMan by Gossamer-Threads 
>>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/mysqlman/ , and it's a great web 
>>interface to manage the database, but when it lists the photos on the web 
>>page, it displays them as they are stored, rather than as they should 
>>appear (funky garbage characters). Can someone recommend a web interface to 
>>manage a MySQL database? I've heard of PHPmyadmin. Any good? If so, does it 
>>display photo images rather than a bunch of garbage characters all over the 
>>screen?
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>>2. To extract these photos and other data (text and video) from the 
>>database, I normally use Perl's DBI. Is there any advantage in learning PHP 
>>to create these web pages? The reason I'm asking this question here is 
>>because of the survey I saw posted on OLUG that most people prefer PHP over 
>>Perl to create web pages. 
>>http://www.olug.org/modules.php?name=Surveys&op=results&pollID=10&mode=&order=&thold=
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>>3. I'm using a MySQL database in hopes all of this is going to scale no 
>>matter how many photos I've got in that database. Are there any 
>>disadvantages to building my site in this manner or have I assumed 
>>correctly that this is a best practice?
>>
>>Thanks in advance and have a very Happy Thanksgiving,
>>
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>>Joe Catanzaro
>>joecatanzaro at cox.net
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