What do you guys think it's better, store files in MySQL or physical folders?

I'm wondering wether to store files uploaded by users into MySQL or create on-the-fly folders for each user everytime they upload a file.
I guess it's better to store them into folders and not into MySQL but I don't know how convenient would be to use MySQL since I've never tryied to store files into it.
What it's your advise?

p.s.- users files won't be larger than 1024 or 2048 kilobytes.

Store very small files(some KB)  in a database (only if you need this) and forget it to two store bigger files

[offtopic] Eliezer, is your avatar about the TV serie "Pokemon" (it looks like)

hehe

I agree that you should store files to the filesystem, except if you have a system that has really high traffic, so you need database to make the load faster (of course this would be true if you had a very fast DB server, otherwise it wouldn't really help)

To make this you will need to use commands like mkdir() and fopen.

haha, naw Olaf. it's also a Japanesse cartoon though, it was called SuperChampions in México. Captain Tsubasa in Japan, probably in USA too.
The guy in the avatar is Bruce Harper, mid-fielder that looks like me (because of the crew cut haha).

I think I'll store the files in folders but right now I'm too tired to do the coding. :'( I've been on the computer since monday and only got out to play some soccer and smoke a little with my friends.
I'll get some sleep for now and tomorrow I'll try to  do this coding to upload files.
Peace man, see ya in a few hours.

if you store images in a database you need to upload the data too ;)

I think they show the cartoons here too (it's about some futuristic football play right?)

Well, there are like 2 or 3 'versions' of Captain Tsubasa. I don't really know if one it's futuristic but yeah, it's about Soccer. It was such a big thing back in 1994 because of the USA World Cup and everything, you know. I live at 2 hours from Texas and when you had the World Cup we were also affected in a good way. So TV started showing this cartoon at the same time than the World Cup and it was a big success.