save a image in database function

The following php function saves a image file to the database :

	function saveImgDatabase($filename){				

		$fileo = @fopen($filename,"rb");

		if(!$fileo)

		{

			return false;

		}

		$imgData = addslashes(file_get_contents($filename));

		$qry ="insert into mytable set myimage='$imgData'";		

		$res = mysql_query($qry) or die('Error in function'.mysql_error());

		return $res;

	}

	//function end

Use the function as follows :

$filename = 'myimage.jpg';

saveImgDatabase($filename);