Personally I wouldn't touch mySQL with a barge pole... Further more I'd store the files in the database itself so you don't need to worry about where the file location is. This way it keeps it secure and you return the file using a stored procedure. But hey... That's just me.
Or course, this would require you to have a MS server running .net and SQL (ideally SQL 2005 so you can use varbinary(max) rather than image types), and personally I think asp.net is so much nicer than PHP.
Or course, this would require you to have a MS server running .net and SQL (ideally SQL 2005 so you can use varbinary(max) rather than image types), and personally I think asp.net is so much nicer than PHP.