Đối với một bảng như thế này:
CREATE TABLE binary_data (
id INT(4) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
description CHAR(50),
bin_data LONGBLOB,
filename CHAR(50),
filesize CHAR(50),
filetype CHAR(50)
);
Đây là một ví dụ về PHP:
<?php
// store.php3 - by Florian Dittmer <dittmer@gmx.net>
// Example php script to demonstrate the storing of binary files into
// an sql database. More information can be found at http://www.phpbuilder.com/
?>
<html>
<head><title>Store binary data into SQL Database</title></head>
<body>
<?php
// Code that will be executed if the form has been submitted:
if ($submit) {
// Connect to the database (you may have to adjust
// the hostname, username or password).
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password");
mysql_select_db("binary_data");
$data = mysql_real_escape_string(fread(fopen($form_data, "r"), filesize($form_data)));
$result = mysql_query("INSERT INTO binary_data (description, bin_data, filename, filesize, filetype) ".
"VALUES ('$form_description', '$data', '$form_data_name', '$form_data_size', '$form_data_type')");
$id= mysql_insert_id();
print "<p>This file has the following Database ID: <b>$id</b>";
mysql_close();
} else {
// else show the form to submit new data:
?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">
File Description:<br>
<input type="text" name="form_description" size="40">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000">
<br>File to upload/store in database:<br>
<input type="file" name="form_data" size="40">
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">
</form>
<?php
}
?>
</body>
</html>