How can PHP be used to access and display images from a local directory on a server?

To access and display images from a local directory on a server using PHP, you can use the `scandir()` function to get a list of files in the directory, filter out only the image files, and then loop through them to display each image using the `<img>` tag.

&lt;?php
$directory = &#039;path/to/images/&#039;;
$files = scandir($directory);

foreach($files as $file){
    if(in_array(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION), array(&#039;jpg&#039;, &#039;jpeg&#039;, &#039;png&#039;, &#039;gif&#039;))){
        echo &#039;&lt;img src=&quot;&#039; . $directory . $file . &#039;&quot; alt=&quot;&#039; . $file . &#039;&quot;&gt;&#039;;
    }
}
?&gt;