PHP MySQL question about how you put an image into a table?

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i am creating a table in php server, i am getting errors for my image this is wat my code looks like

create table houses {
id........
type.......
price......

image NOT NULL default 'unknown'

}

because i havent included a data type like char after - is that why i am getting an error, if so what data type should it be.

thanks for any help in advance