How to save converted JPG image from PDF using Imagemagick to database - php

Question

loading pdf file from php form
$name = $_FILES['file']['name'];
$fileName = substr($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], 5).".".$ext;
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$fileDate = date('d.m.Y');
$fileSize = $_FILES['file']['size'];
$folder = $_POST['folder'];
$target_dir="$media_dir/";
$target_file= $target_dir . basename($_FILES["file"]["name"]);
Move file from tmp to media path
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $target_file);
converting pdf to jpg using Imagick
$imagick = new imagick();
$imagick->readImage($target_file);
$imagick->setImageFormat('jpg');
$image= basename($target_file,".pdf");
foreach($imagick as $i=>$imagick)
{
$imagick->writeImage($target_dir . $image . ($i+1) ." of ". $pages.".jpg");
} $imagick->clear();
How can I save the converted image to a database. Currently, it is just uploading the original pdf image to the database.
$id_object = _addMediaFile($name, $fileName, 2, $fileSize, $folder);
$ret = array("ID" => $id_object, "name" => $name, "fileName" => $fileName, "fileSize" => $fileSize, "fileDate" => $fileDate, "fileType" => 4, "folder" => $folder);
echo json_encode($ret);
}

Answer 1

Consider converting the image directly into a blob that you directly save into a database column of blob type. For instance, with $a = $image->getImageBlob(); you would save $a into the database. Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.getimageblob.php