You need to use PHPMyAdmin or get remote access credentials and use something like Navicat SQL. You shouldn't store the files in the database but store the path to the files on the server and then upload them into a non-accessible folder. Database Fields: id, Name, Path. Then you can create a file which reads from the path and outputs the file when needed. So all in all there's a lot of testing to be done. So, I suggest trying to install XAMPP on your PC again - it really is worth it for testing. Use default settings and it should work. Then go to http://localhost/[^]
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