Controller changed to upload image files to database

test/controllers/Activity.php

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class Activity extends CI_Controller{
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('title','Title','required|max_length[30]');
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('description','Description','required|max_length[300]');
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('datetime','DateTime','required');
-        $this->form_validation->set_rules('inpImage','Image','required');
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('price','Price','required|max_length[30]');
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('full_name','Full name','required|max_length[30]');
         $this->form_validation->set_rules('phone_number','Phone number','required|max_length[30]');
@@ -75,12 +74,27 @@ class Activity extends CI_Controller{
             $data['title'] = $this->input->post('title');
             $data['description'] = $this->input->post('description');
             $data['datetime'] = $this->input->post('datetime');
-            $data['image'] = $this->input->post('inpImage');
             $data['price'] = $this->input->post('price');
             $data['full_name'] = $this->input->post('full_name');
             $data['phone_number'] = $this->input->post('phone_number');
             $data['email'] = $this->input->post('email');
 
+            $content;
+
+            $tmpname  = $_FILES['inpImage']['tmp_name']; //The temporary filename of the file in which the uploaded file was stored on the server.
+            $filesize = $_FILES['inpImage']['size'];
+            $filetype = $_FILES['inpImage']['type'];
+            $allowedtypes=array("image/jpeg","image/jpg","image/png","image/gif");
+            if($filesize>=0){
+                if(in_array($filetype, $allowedtypes))
+                {
+                    $fp      = fopen($tmpname, 'r');
+                    $content = fread($fp, filesize($tmpname));
+                    $data['image'] = $content;  //it adds blackslashes after each quote(double or single)
+                    fclose($fp);
+                }
+            }
+
             $this->Activity_model->addNewActivity($data);
 
             $array['activities'] = $this->Activity_model->getAllActivities();