What are the potential drawbacks of storing a large number of images in a database for a PHP website?

Storing a large number of images in a database can lead to increased database size and slower performance due to the need to retrieve and store large amounts of data. One solution is to store the images in a separate file system or cloud storage service and only store the file path or URL in the database. 

// Example of storing image file path in the database
$imagePath = "path/to/image.jpg";
$query = "INSERT INTO images (image_path) VALUES ('$imagePath')";
// Execute the query to store the image path in the database

Keywords

database storage images performance scalability

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