headers and binary images -- confused

Hi Guys,

I am new to headers... I uploaded my images fine using a file input tag. File looks to have saved good in mysql as blob type.

However, when I read it back I display binary and I am not sure whats the deal with headers.

I use 1 file to post and handle the form. I have tried used ob_start and ob_flush...

here is my code that I try to reconstruct the binary file:

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

$img = $row['imgfavpic'];

mysql_close($con);

$handle = imagecreatefromstring($img);

header('Content-Type: image/gif');

imagegif($handle); //not sure if i needed this

//output binary data -- by the way not sure if i need to use base64...
//brwser used is ie7 -- ob_start and ob_flush used

Thanks

if your image is stored as blob you can try:

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

$img = $row['imgfavpic'];

mysql_close($con);

header('Content-Type: image/gif');

print $row;

in the header line be sure your image is GIF