What are the potential drawbacks of storing image files in a database instead of on the filesystem in a PHP project?

Storing image files in a database can lead to increased database size, slower performance, and potential data corruption. It is generally recommended to store image files on the filesystem and save their paths in the database instead. 

// Example of storing image file on the filesystem and saving its path in the database
$image = $_FILES['image'];
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($image['name']);

if (move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'], $target_file)) {
    $image_path = $target_file;
    // Save $image_path in the database
} else {
    echo "Failed to upload image.";
}

Keywords

database filesystem image files performance scalability

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