What should I use to save an image in the database. In what type I have to use to store and retrieve the image in PHP and MySQL.
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What should I use to save an image in the database. In what type I have to use to store and retrieve the image in PHP and MySQL.
Rule of thumb is you shouldn’t be storing images in the database. Blob is available but is pretty crappy.
What you should be doing is storing the binary file on the filesystem which is many times faster than a database and in the database just store a path or link or file name and have the application load the image from the path instead.
This allows you to easily implement stuff like cdn’s or san storage etc for static files. It even allows you to use something like lighttpd to display the static content images rather than apache.
https://blogs.oracle.com/manveen/entry/blob_vs_file_system_storage gives a little more information but there’s plenty of stats and data on the web about the disadvantages of blobs