chiro-canto/public/upload/submitobservation.php

<?php
session_start();
$root = realpath($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
require($root."/database/credentials.php");

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// Connect the database
try {
	$db = new PDO("mysql:host=$host;dbname=$database;charset=utf8", 
		$user, 
		$password, 
		array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION
		));
} catch (Exception $e) {
	die("Error : ".$e->getMessage());
}

// /* Create Table if not exists */
// $sql = file_get_contents($root."/database/create_record.sql");
// $db->exec($sql);

$req = $db->prepare('SELECT id FROM `authors` WHERE username=:username');
$req->execute(array(
	"username"=>$_SESSION['username']
));
if ($data = $req->fetch()) 
{
	$id = $data['id'];
}
try {
	$req = $db->prepare('INSERT INTO `records` (author_id, recordist_name, file_name, license, species, subspecies, sound_type, country, lat, lng, date, time, remarks) VALUES ( :id, :recordist_name, :file_name, :license, :species, :subspecies, :sound_type, :country, :lat, :lng, :date, :time, :remarks)');
	$req->execute(array(
		"id"=>$id,
		"recordist_name"=>$_SESSION['observation']['recordist-name'],
		"file_name"=>$_SESSION['observation']['file'],
		"license"=>$_SESSION['observation']['license'],
		"species" => $_SESSION['observation']['species'],
		"subspecies"=>$_SESSION['observation']['subspecies'],
		"sound_type"=>implode(',', $_SESSION['observation']['type']),
		"country"=>$_SESSION['observation']['country'],
		"lat"=>$_SESSION['observation']['lat'],
		"lng"=>$_SESSION['observation']['lng'],
		"date"=>$_SESSION['observation']['date'],
		"time"=>$_SESSION['observation']['time'],
		"remarks"=>$_SESSION['observation']['remarks'],
	));
} catch (Exception $e) {
	die("Error : ".$e->getMessage());
}

header('Location: '."/");
?>