How does saving a webpage as a .php file affect the functionality of embedded images?

Saving a webpage as a .php file can affect the functionality of embedded images because the browser may not recognize the PHP file extension for image files. To solve this issue, you can use PHP to serve the images with the correct content type header so that the browser can display them properly.

<?php
// Set the content type header to indicate that the response is an image
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');

// Output the image file
readfile('image.jpg');
?>