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<h1 class="refname">fbsql_blob_size</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fbsql_blob_size</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the size of a BLOB</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fbsql_blob_size</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$blob_handle</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$link_identifier</code></span>
] )</div>
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Returns the size of the given BLOB.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">blob_handle</code></em></span>
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A BLOB handle, returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-create-blob.html" class="function">fbsql_create_blob()</a></span>.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">
link_identifier</code></em></span><dd>
<p class="para">A FrontBase link identifier
returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-pconnect.html" class="function">fbsql_pconnect()</a></span>.</p><p class="para">If optional and not specified,
the function will try to find an open link to the FrontBase server and if no
such link is found it will try to create one as if
<span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-connect.html" class="function">fbsql_connect()</a></span> was called with no arguments.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the BLOB size as an integer, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fbsql-clob-size.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fbsql_clob_size()</a> - Get the size of a CLOB</span></li>
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