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Mon, 29 July 2013 01:13

Norman Peelman
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On 07/28/2013 12:39 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 28/07/13 16:44, Luuk wrote:
>>
>> I was not trying to contradict anything. I was reading the post (from
>> Pierre) and was under the impression that i SHOULD use 'b' in bind_param.
>>
>> I was using 's' in bind_param, and my testprog works ok
>>
>> These 2 lines made /me confused ;)
>>
>>> I'd really like to know why..
>>>
>>
>> Me likes to know why to
>>
> Ok. Lets take a step back and summarise - and feel free to correct me if
> I am wrong.
>
> 1/. Mysql can store anything in a BLOB.
> 2/. Using prepared statements binary data in a 'string' variable will
> be stored correctly via the PHP API.
> 3/. What about un-prepared statements like:
>
> (getting data out is not a major issue)
>
> $blob=file_get_contents('mygraffix.png')
>
> mysqli_query($link, sprintf("insert into mytable set myblob='%s'",$blob));
>
> Presumably that will barf at some point because the PHP itself will get
> confused about where the string begins and ends?
>
> Or does it? I suppose its down to the way PHP parses the query string
> and sends it.
>
> Which is why the 'prepared' statement or 'Load_file()' options are
> preferred?
>
> i.e. the problem is not with mysql per se, but with PHPs way of handling
> strings..
>
> In C of course you simply use mysql_real_query() and specify the query
> length..
>
> But I can't actually see how even that will work.. OK you now how long
> the total statement has to be, but
> at some level you are going to have a statement like 'update mytable,
> set bmyblob=randombinarydatapossibly_containing,set
> something_else=somethingelse'
>
> That is, simply knowing the completed query LENGTH does not remove
> ambiguity.
>
> Where this leaves me is essentially that methods (1) and (2) above are
> the only reliable ways to do this job.
>
> I'd like that confirmed or denied..
>
> In the past I have always used load_file with no real issues, but in the
> new application security is of major concern. I don't want the average
> uploader of images to have general FILE access.
>
>

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/blob.html

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		is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 09:31
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 09:45
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 11:08
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:28
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 14:36
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 15:22
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 15:34
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:44
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sun, 28 July 2013 12:54
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: J.O. Aho on Sun, 28 July 2013 13:35
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 28 July 2013 13:39
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sun, 28 July 2013 15:25
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 28 July 2013 19:05
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sun, 28 July 2013 19:16
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 29 July 2013 00:46
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Daniel Pitts on Mon, 29 July 2013 16:17
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 29 July 2013 18:01
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 29 July 2013 23:04
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 30 July 2013 01:02
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Mon, 29 July 2013 18:34
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:52
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:58
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 14:36
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 14:43
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Pierre Jaury on Sat, 27 July 2013 18:10
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:52
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Denis McMahon on Sat, 27 July 2013 18:38
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Pierre Jaury on Sat, 27 July 2013 20:25
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sat, 27 July 2013 20:59
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:50
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sun, 28 July 2013 15:44
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Pierre Jaury on Sun, 28 July 2013 16:01
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 28 July 2013 16:43
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Sun, 28 July 2013 18:31
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 28 July 2013 16:39
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Pierre Jaury on Sun, 28 July 2013 17:56
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 28 July 2013 18:14
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 28 July 2013 19:10
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Norman Peelman on Mon, 29 July 2013 01:13
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:46
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:56
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Pierre Jaury on Sun, 28 July 2013 01:55
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 28 July 2013 02:11
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 23:58
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Norman Peelman on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:35
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:56
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Norman Peelman on Sun, 28 July 2013 00:01
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: The Natural Philosoph on Sat, 27 July 2013 14:33
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 27 July 2013 13:57
		I've always used GD, but never been 100% happy with it (Was: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data?) By: J.O. Aho on Sat, 27 July 2013 16:09
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Luuk on Mon, 29 July 2013 18:37
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: J.O. Aho on Tue, 30 July 2013 05:31
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 30 July 2013 06:08
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 30 July 2013 12:35
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: J.O. Aho on Tue, 30 July 2013 15:53
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 30 July 2013 16:37
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: tony on Tue, 30 July 2013 09:35
		Re: is mysqli_real_escape_string bullet proof with binary data? By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 31 July 2013 04:56

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