ibase_blob_echo

(PHP 5, PHP 7 < 7.4.0)

ibase_blob_echo — Output blob contents to browser

Description

ibase_blob_echo(string $blob_id): bool

ibase_blob_echo(resource $link_identifier, string $blob_id): bool

This function opens a BLOB for reading and sends its contents directly to standard output (the browser, in most cases).

Parameters

link_identifier: An InterBase link identifier. If omitted, the last opened link is assumed.
blob_id

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

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jure dot sah at monoliths dot com ¶

9 years ago

There is an alternative for getting text out of a blob that does not require as much code. Quoted from a handy online resource:

PHP offers natively the possibility of getting the BLOB data as a string.

For example ibase_fetch_assoc ( resource $result [, int $fetch_flag = 0 ] ) provides the $fetch_flag parameter which can be set to IBASE_TEXT, causing the function to return BLOB contents instead of BLOB ids.