Get content of docx file which saved in mysql dabase as blob type in php

Question

I am saving docx file as BLOB type in mysql dadabase. after the saveing i am trying to see the content of the file through fetching the content of filed but it is showing some u

Answer 1

I found this solution :

"update blob_table set blob_col='LOAD_FILE('$tmp_name')";

where $tmp_name is the file you upload, and this is the answer for this 6 years old question, using LOAD_FILE function. may be this is a newly added function to mysql.