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<h1 class="refname">ibase_blob_import</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ibase_blob_import</span> — <span class="dc-title">Create blob, copy file in it, and close it</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-import-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_blob_import</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$file_handle</code></span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ibase_blob_import</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$file_handle</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This function creates a BLOB, reads an entire file into it, closes it and
returns the assigned BLOB id.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-import-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">link_identifier</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
An InterBase link identifier. If omitted, the last opened link is
assumed.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">file_handle</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The file handle is a handle returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-import-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the BLOB id on success, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-import-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-1105">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ibase_blob_import()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$dbh </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ibase_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$host</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$username</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$password</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$filename </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'/tmp/bar'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fd </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$filename</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'r'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fd</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /><br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$blob </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ibase_blob_import</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fd</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fd</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$blob</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// import failed<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">} else {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"INSERT INTO foo (name, data) VALUES ('</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$filename</span><span style="color: #DD0000">', ?)"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$prepared </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ibase_prepare</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbh</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$query</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ibase_execute</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$prepared</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$blob</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// record insertion failed<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">}<br /> }<br />} else {<br /> </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// unable to open the data file<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ibase-blob-import-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-add.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_add()</a> - Add data into a newly created blob</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-cancel.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_cancel()</a> - Cancel creating blob</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-close.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_close()</a> - Close blob</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ibase-blob-create.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ibase_blob_create()</a> - Create a new blob for adding data</span></li>
</ul>
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