how to fetch image from database in php

how to fetch image from database in php? OR Store and Retrieve Image from MySQL Database using PHP.

how to fetch image from database in php?

Firstly, create a connection to the MySQL database. · After that, Write input fields to store images using Php.

store_retrieve_image_from_database/
├── dbConfig.php
├── index.php
├── upload.php
├── view.php
└── css/
└── style.css

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Create Database Table

CREATE TABLE `images` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `image` longblob NOT NULL,
  `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

Database Configuration (dbConfig.php)

<?php  
 
$dbHost     = "localhost";  
$dbUsername = "root";  
$dbPassword = "root";  
$dbName     = "itsolutionstuck";  
  

$db = new mysqli($dbHost, $dbUsername, $dbPassword, $dbName);  
  
if ($db->connect_error) {  
    die("Connection failed: " . $db->connect_error);  
}

Image Upload Form

<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <label>Select Image File:</label>
    <input type="file" name="image">
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload">
</form>

Store Image File in Database (upload.php)

<?php 
require_once 'dbConfig.php'; 
 

$status = $userMessage = ''; 
if(isset($_POST["submit"])){ 
    $status = 'error'; 
    if(!empty($_FILES["image"]["name"])) { 

        $fileName = basename($_FILES["image"]["name"]); 
        $fileType = pathinfo($fileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); 
         
        $allowTypes = array('jpg','png','jpeg','gif'); 
        if(in_array($fileType, $allowTypes)){ 
            $image = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name']; 
            $imgContent = addslashes(file_get_contents($image)); 
         
            $insert = $db->query("INSERT into images (image, created) VALUES ('$imgContent', NOW())"); 
             
            if($insert){ 
                $status = 'success'; 
                $userMessage = "File uploaded successfully."; 
            }else{ 
                $userMessage = "File upload failed, please try again."; 
            }  
        }else{ 
            $userMessage = 'Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG, & GIF files are allowed to upload.'; 
        } 
    }else{ 
        $userMessage = 'Please select an image file to upload.'; 
    } 
} 
 
echo $userMessage; 
?>

Retrieve image from database (view.php)

<?php 
require_once 'dbConfig.php'; 
 
$result = $db->query("SELECT image FROM images ORDER BY id DESC"); 
?>

<?php if($result->num_rows > 0){ ?> 
    <div class="gallery"> 
        <?php while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()){ ?> 
            <img src="data:image/jpg;charset=utf8;base64,<?php echo base64_encode($row['image']); ?>" /> 
        <?php } ?> 
    </div> 
<?php }else{ ?> 
    <p class="status error">Image(s) not found...</p> 
<?php } ?>