ibase_blob_get Get len bytes data from open blob stringibase_blob_get resourceblob_handle intlen This function returns at most len bytes from a BLOB that has been opened for reading by ibase_blob_open. Returns &false; on failure. BLOB_VALUE); $blob_hndl = ibase_blob_open($data->BLOB_VALUE); echo ibase_blob_get($blob_hndl, $blob_data[0]); ?> ]]> Whilst this example doesn't do much more than a 'ibase_blob_echo($data->BLOB_VALUE)' would do, it does show you how to get information into a $variable to manipulate as you please. It is not possible to read from a BLOB that has been opened for writing by ibase_blob_create. See also ibase_blob_open, ibase_blob_close and ibase_blob_echo.