PHP MySQL Question

[georgyboy]

Hi Everyone,
I am about to develop a photographery site (which contains about 2-250 photos. I am sure i should be using PHP MySQL for the project. But i unsure on how it works or why I should be using it.
Now this is will sound really stupid but..... dont databases just store info not photos?
I m really lost on this one, I know I could make the site just making seperate HTML Pages for each photo, etc but also know that PHP MySQL is most commonly used for sites with lots of info.
Help......

 

[Shukusei]

You would want to use PHP MySQL in a situation like yours due to it's ability to generate those seperate pages based on the content of your database.

For example: Your database could hold the image location, and some information on the image. When your PHP script is called to look for a certain image, it can load it up into a new page with some info based on the image selected instead of having to make all of those pages individually.

 

[ChrisHirst]

You don't have to use PHP/MySQL, ASP/SQL, MySQL, even Access etc would work just as well (Ok maybe not Access). One thing NOT to do is store the photos (as BLOBs) in the db.

Chris.

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