php - Turning image path into data suitable for storing in MySQL Blob -

i have file in location

$imgloc = "../images/bg.jpg"; 

how i:

1. load image php variable
2. turn blob suitable data type (if not already)
3. insert mysql (if additional steps needed)

$imghandler = fopen (imgloc, 'rb'); // open read binary $imgcontent = fread ($imghandler , filesize ($imgloc)); // can store $imgcontent in mysql