So here's the tech involved:

• Microsoft SQL 2014
• FileMaker Server 14
• FileMaker Pro 15
• IIS/PHP

The project involves submitting information via web form into the SQL database and then viewing it in a FileMaker portal connected to the database via ODBC.  I've done this before, no big deal... except one feature that was thrown at me.

• Ability to submit images through the web portal and view them through FileMaker

I've done image submittal via PHP before, but viewing them in FileMaker is a new one.  I've seen some stuff on converting the images to BASE64 then converting them back in a FileMaker container field, but the information was several years old and I'm checking to see if there was any more modern way to handle it; and if it still needs to be done that way, I need some clarification on how to accomplish this.

3 hours ago, Bigun said:

I've seen some stuff on converting the images to BASE64 then converting them back in a FileMaker container field, but the information was several years old and I'm checking to see if there was any more modern way to handle it; 

FM14 is several years old so you can only work with the features that you have.

http://www.filemaker.com/help/14/fmp/en/html/func_ref1.32.13.html

if you can base64 encode before sending to FM then you can use this function to decode it back into its original.