Please note that the file pointer is reset on each call to get resource
MongoGridFSFile::getResource
(PECL mongo >=1.3.0)
MongoGridFSFile::getResource — Returns a resource that can be used to read the stored file
Description
public MongoGridFSFile::getResource
( void
) : resource
This method returns a stream resource that can be used with all file functions in PHP that deal with reading files. The contents of the file are pulled out of MongoDB on the fly, so that the whole file does not have to be loaded into memory first.
At most two GridFSFile chunks will be loaded in memory.
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns a resource that can be used to read the file with
Examples
Example #1 MongoGridFSFile::getResource() example
<?php
$m = new Mongo;
$images = $m->my_db->getGridFS('images');
$image = $images->findOne('mongo.png');
header('Content-type: image/png;');
$stream = $image->getResource();
while (!feof($stream)) {
echo fread($stream, 8192);
}
?>
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chuck at manchuck dot com ¶
6 years ago
