[snip] Can you recommend the best way to store an image into the MySQL database and optimze it. And display and manipulate that image in PHP. [/snip] There are many tutorials; http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=store+image+in+database+PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php