CodeIgniter: Storing an image in the database?

I would like to store images in my mySQL database usi开发者_StackOverflowng the CodeIgniter PHP framework. How do I write and read the image?

Thank you.

You will have to use the file uploading class of CI to upload the files and use the models to save them to the database, here are related resources:

File Uploading Class
Models

It's considered bad practice to store the actual image files directly in a database. Instead you can just store a path to the file in the database and store the file in a directory on the server.

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Best approach for storing uploaded image

CodeIgniter - Uploading an Image through a form, store the location of the image in database