I am using session to try to insert the current users user_name into a new database using a form. Everything else is working, and no errors are being received. In the database, the user_name is blank.<?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'] = $user_id;$_SESSION['user_name'] = $user_name;?><?php$con = mysql_connect("localhost","xxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxxxx");if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error()); }mysql_select_db("lenmat_registration", $con);?><?php//define a maxim size for the uploaded images in Kbdefine ("MAX_SIZE","1000");//This function reads the extension of the file. It is used to determine if the file is an image by checking the extension.function getExtension($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 ($size > MAX_SIZE*1000){echo '<h1>You have exceeded the size limit!</h1>';$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;//we verify if the image has been uploaded, and print error insteadif ($errors != 1){$copied = copy($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $newname);$query="INSERT INTO usergallery (pimage, species, location, user_id, user_name) values ('$image_name', '$species','$location' ,'$user_id', '$user_name')"; //into databasemysql_query( $query ); }else{$copied = false;}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="gallery" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="test1.php"><table><tr><td><input type="file" name="image"></td></tr><input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="$_SESSION['user_id']" /><input type="hidden" name="user_name" value="$_SESSION['user_name']" /><tr><td>Species: <input type="text" name="species" /></td></tr><tr><td>Location: <input type="text" name="location" /></td></tr><tr><td><input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Upload image"></td></tr></table></form>