Why is only 64kB of data being saved in my MySQL data column?

Question

I am trying to insert a very long text string into a MySQL Blob column, but MySQL is only saving 64kB of the data. The string is 75360 characters long. I am connecting with PHP\

Answer 1

You also asked if there is a difference between BLOB and TEXT
BLOBS are for binary data. If you do a LIKE query on a BLOB field it will be case sensitive.

i.e.

SELECT 'TEXT' LIKE 'TEXT';
=> 1 for both BLOB and TEXT

SELECT 'TEXT' LIKE 'text';
=> 1 for TEXT
=> 0 for BLOB