I would like to use a webcam to take a picture of a product as it rolls off a production line. Rough estimate would be that the webcam would need to capture an image every 5 seconds.

The image would then be saved in a given file and the file name saved in mysql.

Does any one have any sample code are sites to look at?

Why would the file have to be stored in a database?

Usually, webcams are tied in to the ftp and are set to update a certain image at certain intervals. Therefore, all you have to do is code the image url in the html and each time the image is changed it updates.

I use a php time stamp after the image url (?) so that the image would not be cached. Something like images/webcam_image?-then insert time stamp here -> as date('U')