weird characters instead of an image when dispalying from mySQL - php

Question

I'm trying to display a blob image from mySQL, and I'm getting weird characters instead.
To insert data I use:
if (isset($_FILES['image']) && $_FILES['image']['size'] > 0) {
// Temporary file name stored on the server
$tmpName = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'];
// Read the file
$fp = fopen($tmpName, 'r');
$data = fread($fp, filesize($tmpName));
$data = addslashes($data);
fclose($fp);
// Insert data into mysql
$sql="INSERT INTO $tbl_name( image )VALUES('$data')";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
}
To display:
$tbl_name="table"; // Table name
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result) {
echo "There is nothing";
}
while($rows= mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
//header('Content-type: image/jpg');
echo $rows['image'];
?>
How can I fix that?
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

First, it's best practice to not store images in your database. Store them in a folder instead.
Second, you are seeing the raw data of the image in ASCII.
To answer your question if you must store images in a database, make a new php file.
header('content-type: image/png'); // Use a variable for the image type
// Code here to select a single image from the database.
// Echo the database value.
Call the picture with
<img src="link_to_php_file.php" alt="" />

Answer 2

You need to send an image header, like:
header("Content-Type: image/png"); // or image/jpeg or image/gif
Keep in mind that you can only show one image per time and nothing else.
If you want to show multiple images on a webpage you will need to simply link to them:
<img src="getimage.php?id=1234" />
<img src="getimage.php?id=1235" />
<img src="getimage.php?id=1236" />
Where getimage.php contains the code that will send the Content-Type header and fetch the data BLOB from MySQL.