Store Images in MySQL Database

Question

I want to know how to store images and files in a MySQL Database.

I want to get images and files like that www.example/rsrc.php/example-image.jpg

example on Facebook: facebook-example.com/rsrc.php/v2/yw/r/svhh826BLKd.png

Answer 1

Create a BLOB column in database table,

probably mediumblob.

but it is good to keep the photo in directory and keep the path in the database. Cheers

 CREATE TABLE tblname(ID INT,IMAGE BLOB);

INSERT INTO tblname(ID,IMAGE) VALUES(1,LOAD_FILE('C:/test.txt'));

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