$pic_id is the id of the pic that is pulled from the database so that once the form is submitted it will be able to distinguish which ones go where for which pic...
Here i'm pulling the pic_id out just to give the radio button array a unique name automatically without me having to use other coding... each pic has the option of being inside, outside or a blueprint picture(but only one of these options) also out of all the pictures only 1 in the whole group can be a default picture. so basically if you have 3 picutes 1 will be default and maybe the other two are inside picutes but once i submit the information into the file i will need to distinguish between which ones are inside and which are outside and which are blue prints and which one is default. (this is usually done with about 10 pictures or so.) and yes your right about the name field... My main concern is when i pull up the page nothing is "checked" right. However if i look at the source code everything that is suppose to be checked is checked in the code... that is in every browser.. ie, firefox, opera, safari...