This is where im at. i am going to use paths. I have gotten it so it uploads to a directory, but cant get it to insert the data into the sql table. It also uploads the image even if its too large, but gives the statement file to large, please try again.<?php require_once ('includes/config.inc.php'); $page_title = 'YOUR PAGE TITLE GOES HERE';// Start output buffering:ob_start();// Initialize a session:session_start();// Check for a $page_title value:if (!isset($page_title)) { $page_title = 'User profile Edit';}// If no first_name session variable exists, redirect the user:if (!isset($_SESSION['first_name'])) { $url = BASE_URL . 'index.php'; // Define the URL. ob_end_clean(); // Delete the buffer. header("Location: $url"); exit(); // Quit the script. }?><?phpsession_start();// Validate log in, etc$_SESSION['user_id'] = $user_id;?><?phpsession_start();// Validate log in, etc$_SESSION['user_name'] = $user_name;?><?php$con = mysql_connect("localhost","xxxxxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxxxxx");if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); }mysql_select_db("lenmat_registration", $con);?><?php//define a maxim size for the uploaded images in Kbdefine ("MAX_SIZE","100");//This function reads the extension of the file. It is used to determine if the file is an image by checking the extension.function getExtension($str) {$i = strrpos($str,".");if (!$i) { return ""; }$l = strlen($str) - $i;$ext = substr($str,$i+1,$l);return $ext;}//This variable is used as a flag. The value is initialized with 0 (meaning no error found) and it will be changed to 1 if an errro occures. If the error occures the file will not be uploaded.$errors=0;//checks if the form has been submittedif(isset($_POST['Submit'])){//reads the name of the file the user submitted for uploading$image=$_FILES['image']['name'];//if it is not emptyif ($image){//get the original name of the file from the clients machine$filename = stripslashes($_FILES['image']['name']);//get the extension of the file in a lower case format$extension = getExtension($filename);$extension = strtolower($extension);//if it is not a known extension, we will suppose it is an error and will not upload the file, otherwize we will do more testsif (($extension != "jpg") && ($extension != "jpeg") && ($extension != "png") && ($extension != "gif")){//print error messageecho '<h1>Unknown extension!</h1>';$errors=1;}else{//get the size of the image in bytes//$_FILES['image']['tmp_name'] is the temporary filename of the file in which the uploaded file was stored on the server$size=filesize($_FILES['image']['tmp_name']);//compare the size with the maxim size we defined and print error if biggerif ($size > MAX_SIZE*1024){echo '<h1>You have exceeded the size limit!</h1>';$errors=1;}//we will give an unique name, for example the time in unix time format$image_name=time(). '.'.$extension;//the new name will be containing the full path where will be stored (images folder)$newname="usergallery/".$image_name;$query="INSERT INTO gallery (pimage, user_id) values ('$image_name','$user_id')"; //into database$copied = copy($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $newname);if (!$copied){echo '<h1>Copy unsuccessfull!</h1>';$errors=1;}}}}//If no errors registred, print the success messageif(isset($_POST['Submit']) && !$errors){echo "<h1>File Uploaded Successfully! Try again!</h1>";}?><form name="newad" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="test.php"><table><tr><td><input type="file" name="image"></td></tr><input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="$_SESSION['user_id']" /><tr><td><input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Upload image"></td></tr></table></form>