sottwell

I'm not sure it will make a difference, but you don't need the quotes surrounding the $img_url variable.

$query = "SELECT * FROM pictures ORDER BY date LIMIT 1";

Use a foreach loop to loop through the $_FILES array. http://php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php As far as uploading from the front-end form, my preference for multiple uploads is Uploadify.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php

Is there a way to instantiate a PDO object using an already existing database connection? Or does PDO detect an already opened connection and use it? The existing connection is a persistant connection.