How do you upload image into database in Code igniter? - php

Question

I've been trying to upload an image to my database (Note: I'm using Codeigniter 3) but every time I try to upload the image to the database it doesn't store it's filename and the image itself and only stores 1 bit in BLOB var type.
$photo = file_get_contents($_FILES['image']['tmp_name];
this->db->select('*')
[...]
if(empty($response){
$data['entry_phone_no'] = $this->input->post('phone_no');
$data['entry_email'] = $this->input->post('email');
$data['entry_firstname'] = $this->input->post('first_name');
$data['entry_lastname'] = $this->input->post('last_name');
$data['entry_photo'] = $photo;
$data['entry_photo_name'] = $photo;
In my model.php I have the setup above and it saves the other data (the phone num, email etc). I know I am missing some code at the "$photo" part but can anyone please point it out?

Answer 1

You can upload the image on folder called "Uploads" and save that filename into database as below:
Views.php:
<input class="my-set_3" type="file" name="chatbot_profile" id="chatbot_profile" required>
Controller.php:
if (!empty($_FILES['chatbot_profile']['name']))
{
$config['upload_path'] = './uploads';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = 1000000;
$config['file_name'] = time();
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('chatbot_profile'))
{
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
}
else
{
$data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
$file_name = $data['upload_data']['file_name'] ;
// Store this filename into database
// Your database code will be placed here
// OR call model mathod from here
}
}
Note: uploads folder will created by us and outside the application
folder.