Question

I am using PHP with MYSQL and want to add a feature to upload profile image. I want to display a default image if the user has not uploaded his imageyet. I have declared the profile image field of database as BLOB. I am getting no option in that case to put a default image directly through database. Please help !!

Answer 1

Handle it in your code. No need to copy the same image into every user’s database field.

if (!$user['image']) {
    // output default image
} else {
    // output $user['image']
}

In fact, you should store images outside the database to begin with.