[snip] I am creating images via GD and want to save them to the database. Right now I save them to the disk and then save them to the database. Is it possible to write them directly to the database and skip the middle step where I temporary write it to the hard disk? [/snip] 1. Do not store images in a database, it is just a bad idea from a performance perspective (as has been covered many times heretofore). 2. If you insist on storing the image in a database you can use any of the image output functions, for instance; INSERT INTO `table` (`picture`) VALUE ('".imagegd($resource, 'imagename')."') -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php