<?php
$servername = "222.222.222.222";
$username = "dbuser";
$password = "verycomplex password";
$dbname = "myDb";

try {
    $conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
    // set the PDO error mode to exception
    $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

    $image = addslashes(file_get_contents('/home/pi/Desktop/image.jpg'));
    $imagename = addslashes("imagename");

    $sql = "INSERT INTO info (image, imagename) VALUES ('$image', '$imagename')";

    // use exec() because no results are returned
    $conn->exec($sql);

    echo "New record created successfully";
    }
catch(PDOException $e)
    {
    //echo $sql . "<br>" . $e->getMessage();
    echo "inside catch";
    }

$conn = null;
?>