What are the potential drawbacks of storing images as BLOB in a MySQL database?
Storing images as BLOB in a MySQL database can lead to slower performance, increased database size, and potential difficulties in managing and retrieving the images. It is generally recommended to store images in a separate directory on the server and store the file path in the database instead.
// Example of storing image file in a directory and saving the file path in the database
$image = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'];
$uploadPath = 'uploads/' . $_FILES['image']['name'];
move_uploaded_file($image, $uploadPath);
// Insert file path into the database
$sql = "INSERT INTO images (image_path) VALUES ('$uploadPath')";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);