Quick question about storing image NAMES in MySQL

[phpnewbie34]

Good morning programmers,

How do you insert an image name into a MySQL database?

For example - car.jpeg, bike.png

What is the code for storing a name with a decimal (.) in it?

Do I use blob, longblob, varchar?

Any suggestions would be great

[johnj]

1). It is not a decimal, it is a dot
2) . Varchar is sufficient to store an image name, which is basically a string / text.

[phpnewbie34]

Okay I got it, thanks for your advice.

What I'm trying to do now is check to see if my picture upload properly, and to not upload the same thing twice? Do you know the code for this?

Thanks