[wp-hackers] file upload: why actual files?

[Mark Shields]

It isn't possible to store non-text in databases is it?  Such as,
pictures, executables?


On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:18:31 -0400, Michael Leuchtenburg
<michael at slashhome.org> wrote:
> Is there a design reason for Wordpress to upload files to a directory,
> rather than putting them in the database? It seems to me that it would
> make more sense to put them in the database, possibly associated with
> individual posts. This would remove the need to have that directory
> writable by the user the webserver is running as, it would remove the
> need to rename files, and it would reduce the number of places data
> needed to backup/recreate a weblog can be in.
> 
> I am thinking of implementing this. I would do it in a way that can run
> alongside the current code, switched by an option in the admin dialog.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
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