What is the best way to display images from a database in PHP and allow for them to be enlarged upon mouse hover or click?

One way to display images from a database in PHP and allow for them to be enlarged upon mouse hover or click is to use a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can retrieve the image URLs from the database using PHP and then dynamically generate HTML elements with these images. To enable the hover or click functionality for enlarging the images, you can use JavaScript to add event listeners to the image elements and change their styles accordingly.

<?php
// Retrieve image URLs from the database (example)
$images = array("image1.jpg", "image2.jpg", "image3.jpg");

// Display images with hover effect
echo '<div class="image-container">';
foreach ($images as $image) {
    echo '<img src="' . $image . '" class="image">';
}
echo '</div>';
?>

<style>
.image-container {
    display: flex;
}

.image {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    margin: 10px;
    transition: transform 0.3s;
}

.image:hover {
    transform: scale(1.2);
}
</style>