Why am i only finding image path when retrieving images from database - php

Question

Im trying to retrieve images from my database by using php, my code is connected to the database, all the other information is being retrieved ok, however it is just showing my image path when trying to retrieve images! Anyone know what im doing wrong so i can get my images to show up?
$query = "SELECT p.name, p.image, p.price, p.description, p.category_id, ci.quantity
FROM products p
LEFT JOIN cart_items ci
ON p.id=ci.product_id
WHERE p.id=?
LIMIT 0,1";
$stmt = $con->prepare( $query );
$stmt->bindParam(1, $id);
$stmt->execute();
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$name = $row['name'];
$image = $row['image'];
$price = $row['price'];
$description = $row['description'];
$category_id = $row['category_id'];
$quantity = $row['quantity'];
?>
<!-- HTML form for updating a product -->
<tr>
<td style='width:30%;'>Name<?php echo "<div class='product-id' style='display:none;'>{$id}</div>"; ?></td>
<td class='product-name' style='width:70%;'><?php echo $name; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Image</td>
<td><?php echo $image; ?></td>
</tr>

Answer 1

As now you have you image path, you can show up the image in html something like: <img src="<?php echo $row['image']; ?>" >. Your are doing so because this is the convenient way store/retrieve an image form Database by using their path. Instead of storing the path of the image, storing the whole binary image file in database make it more complex and less efficient.