saving images to a MySQL database

[Brad]

Demuro, I dont have time to answer all your questions but ill get a few.

ok so this I take it stores the info in a directory...Right?

Yes

what is the directory name?

Its defined here:

PHP Code:

$newfile = "/home/pathto/public_html/yourfoldername/".$userfile_name; 


Just change yourfoldername in the code to whatever you want

and is it possible to name the file manually, say by adding more form fields

I would recomend naming them with a md5 hash, its just that much secure. Check out scott's attachments as files hack. Im sure you can get the needed code from it.

is there a way do view the directory say through the SmartFTP program I use and if so how do I do that

of course, its lives on your server just like your forum directory

do I just add a php/MySQL insert staement to insert the name into my database and then use it as a pointer?

Yep