// SQL for user db CREATE TABLE uploads ( id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name varchar(50) NOT NULL, email varchar(50) NOT NULL, upload_filename varchar(200) ) CREATE TABLE users ( user_id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, first_name varchar(20) NOT NULL, last_name varchar(30) NOT NULL, email varchar(50) NOT NULL, pwd varchar (12) NOT NULL, user_pic_path varchar(200) ) // SQL for images db CREATE TABLE images ( image_id int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, filename varchar(200) NOT NULL, mime_type varchar(50) NOT NULL, file_size int NOT NULL, image_data mediumblob NOT NULL ) create_user.php 1. db connection Lines 3-4 2. check image validity 3. build image insert sql statement, insert image into images table 4. build insert sql statement, insert user into users table 5. redirect to show_user.php