the problem is there is no real code, the form is using the following code
<form method=\"post\" action=\"products_add.php\" ENCTYPE=\"multipart/form-data\">
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<tr><td valign=top><FONT FACE=\"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\" SIZE=\"-1\"><SPAN CLASS=\"main\"><input type=\"text\" value=\"$product\" name=\"$id\" class=\"tidyform\"></td><td valign=top><FONT FACE=\"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\" SIZE=\"-1\"><SPAN CLASS=\"main\"><input type=\"text\" value=\"$product2\" name=\"$id2\" class=\"tidyform\"></td><td valign=top><FONT FACE=\"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial\" SIZE=\"-1\"><SPAN CLASS=\"main\"><input type=\"text\" value=\"$product3\" name=\"$id3\" class=\"tidyform\"></td><td valign=top>";
echo "<input type=\"file\" name=\"img$count\" class=\"tidyform\"></td></tr>
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the form elements are already predefined, and everything works grand on the products_add.php page, images are upload, communication with the database is grand, I just keep getting that error message.
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