Yes Xan is right, there is deffinetly object oriented coding in their. $this does seem to be a class of some sort.

Does $this really need to be changed? Else you are looking to rename the class....

I would suggest also making a dedicated table for the user preferences. However I would suggest making a column for each preference. Eg. user_id, gardening, pet, food.

As for the pets, gardening...

I suppose you could yes, you would need to play a little with the configuration. When I say a little I mean you would have to literally rewrite allot of how wordpress work.

Also I have had my...

Yes, wmp11 has vital DVD codecs missing, silly really as many people liek yourself will play dvds via their PCs using wmp. The codecs are wide spread though so there is many places you will be able...

I am actually still having the issue I can change the settings in my ini but what I am trying to do is validate all the information about the uploaders file before they actually upload it else they...

No I always use the ' to add data. Does this fill your fields exactly? and is this the order in wich yu have to put them in? I would try:

mysql_select_db("ecommerce");

$query = "INSERT INTO...