Loading Images from MySQL db to view in CI

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Hey guys,

My current problem is loading images from MySQL database to the view in CI.

Code:

<?php


    $val = "1";

    $con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","bla");
    if (!$con)
    {
        die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
    }
    
    mysql_select_db("studentDB", $con);

    $val = 1;
    $dbQuery = "SELECT photo FROM students WHERE stud_id=$val";

    $result = mysql_query($dbQuery) or die("Couldn't get file list". mysql_error());

    if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 1)
    {
        $photo = mysql_result($result, 0, "photo");
        Header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
        echo $photo;
    }
    else
    {
        echo "Record doesn't exist.";
    }

?>

The above is the code I used in a PHP file (outside CI) for testing purposes, which successfully loaded the image from the database.

I pasted the exact same code on a view in my CI folder(which I figure should work), and ran it through a controller function which redirected to this view and what came out was gibberish instead of the image.

The 'photo' field type is of 'blob' format.

I wonder if there is any extra lines of code I missed out.
Thanks in advance!