mysql database spitting out crazy characters!
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:48 am
hey,
I have a bunch images stored in a database. For some reason, that i can't figure out, the database started spitting out crazy characters. The problem is, I have a cropping tool on the back end of my site to be able to recrop your thumbnail and resave it. nNow, with these crazy characters popping up, it's started rendering the thumbnails black!!!
any thoughts?
these are the characters it's throwing in front of my image directory inexplicably:
images/thumbs/155954.jpg
ie:

I can't find what change I could have made to trigger this. it really makes no sense. There's no extra characters when you browse the database. What's wierd to is it worked for a bit, then stopped working. Also, my cropping script, I had it echo out where it was spitting out to image file too, at first, no extra characters, but if you hit the back button in the browser, then the forward button to return, the characters have miraculously appeared!!!!!!
goblins.
Anybody ever had similar issues?
-Bayard
I have a bunch images stored in a database. For some reason, that i can't figure out, the database started spitting out crazy characters. The problem is, I have a cropping tool on the back end of my site to be able to recrop your thumbnail and resave it. nNow, with these crazy characters popping up, it's started rendering the thumbnails black!!!
any thoughts?
these are the characters it's throwing in front of my image directory inexplicably:
images/thumbs/155954.jpg
ie:

I can't find what change I could have made to trigger this. it really makes no sense. There's no extra characters when you browse the database. What's wierd to is it worked for a bit, then stopped working. Also, my cropping script, I had it echo out where it was spitting out to image file too, at first, no extra characters, but if you hit the back button in the browser, then the forward button to return, the characters have miraculously appeared!!!!!!
goblins.
Anybody ever had similar issues?
-Bayard