Adding photo category to php code? - php

Question

I was able to develop a code in enabling users to freely upload images, while the pictures would be stored to the MySql database. But I also would like to add to the php and mysql code image categories where before uploading the image, users can select from ether category- All, People, Cities, Nature and Others then click submit. How do I add that to my php code and mysql table? See my original code below:
<?php
$dbCnn = mysql_connect('', '', '');
mysql_select_db('', $dbCnn);
if(isset($_POST) and $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
$image = addslashes(file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']));
$insStr = "INSERT INTO imagedata(id, image) VALUES ('', '{$image}')";
mysql_query($insStr);
}

Answer 1

Don't store images in database because it's useless. Instead of this, store in database only path to file and file save on server.
So...
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file">
<select name="category">
<option>Nature</opton>
<option>People</option
</select>
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['category']) && isset($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'])){
//mysql connect etc
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], path/where/to/save/file);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO table VALUES('{$_FILES['file']['name']}', '{$_POST['category']}')");
}