Saving images in database mysql

Question

My client have created a script in php+mysql that saves images directly in the database and every images has url like this: www.example.com/image.php?id=421

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Answer 1

If you read @Gazler's link from comment, it really boils down to few questions:

• is there any problem with performance? [Y]
• do you store any additional information, or just images itself? [Just images]
• do you plan (or hope) to attract much more users in future? [Y]
• are you limited in size of your db? [Y]

if you answered with answers in brackets, then it might be good for your website to put images out of database, otherwise, you can leave it as it is and save yourself some time and/or nerves