In this tutorial, we will show you the entire process to upload and store the image file in MySQL database using PHP. So, it’s always a good idea to upload images to the server and store file names in the database. But it will increase the database size and web page load time. The image can be uploaded directly to the database without storing on the server. Later, the images are retrieved from the server based on the file name stored in the database and display on the web page. Generally, in a dynamic web application, the uploaded image is stored in a directory of the server and the file name is inserted in the database. There are various ways available to upload image to server and display images on the webpage. Server-side file upload can be easily implemented using PHP.