What are the potential pitfalls of storing videos as LONGBLOB in PHP databases?

Storing videos as LONGBLOB in PHP databases can lead to performance issues, as it can slow down the retrieval and storage of large video files. It can also increase the size of the database significantly, impacting its efficiency. To solve this issue, it is recommended to store the videos in a separate file system or cloud storage service and only store the file path or URL in the database. 

// Example of storing video file in a separate directory and saving the file path in the database
$videoFile = $_FILES['video']['tmp_name'];
$videoFileName = $_FILES['video']['name'];
$uploadDirectory = 'videos/';
$targetFile = $uploadDirectory . $videoFileName;

if (move_uploaded_file($videoFile, $targetFile)) {
    // Save the file path in the database
    $query = "INSERT INTO videos (video_path) VALUES ('$targetFile')";
    // Execute the query
} else {
    echo "Failed to upload video file.";
}

Keywords

LONGBLOB PHP databases video storage performance data corruption

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