Insert blob from android to oracle - php

Question

I'm working with Oracle database. I use PHP for my web service and Android as the client which will send blob data to Oracle DB. I use this code
Bitmap imageUpload = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
imageUpload.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 60, baos);
byte[] image_data = baos.toByteArray();
String converted_image = Base64.encodeBytes(image_data);
to decode and send it as base64 encoding, then send it to the web service with this code
ArrayList<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("TITLE", title));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("IMAGES", converted_image));
json = jsonParser.makeHttpRequest(url, "POST", nameValuePairs);
This is my PHP code to insert to oracle db
if(isset($_POST["TITLE"]) && isset($_POST["IMAGES"]))
{
$title = $_POST["TITLE"];
$image = $_POST["IMAGES"];
$gambar = file_get_contents($image);
$query = "INSERT INTO images (TITLE, IMAGES) VALUES (:TITLE, EMPTY_BLOB()) RETURNING IMAGES INTO :IMAGES";
$parse = oci_parse($connect, $query);
$lob_a = oci_new_descriptor($connect, OCI_D_LOB);
oci_bind_by_name($parse, ":TITLE", $title);
oci_bind_by_name($parse, ":IMAGES", $lob_a, -1, OCI_B_BLOB);
oci_execute($parse, OCI_DEFAULT);
if($lob_a->save($gambar))
{
oci_commit($connect);
$lob_a->free();
}
else
{
oci_rollback($connect);
}
}
The PHP code successfully insert the query to the oracle db, but when I see the record the blob does not show anything like this

Answer 1

I think the best solution to this question is to use web service, encode the picture with base64 encoding then decode it while the file transferred.