What are the potential drawbacks of using HTTP requests to load local images in PHP?

When using HTTP requests to load local images in PHP, potential drawbacks include increased load times due to the overhead of making unnecessary network requests, potential security risks if sensitive information is included in the image URL, and increased server load due to unnecessary requests. To solve this issue, you can directly load local images using file paths instead of making HTTP requests.

<img src="/path/to/local/image.jpg" alt="Local Image">