regarding helper function, am i doing this the right way?

[eluser]ixxalnxxi[/eluser]
Teks,

There's actually several things I need done regarding images upload that, as far as I know, aren't provided by the File Uploading Class,

a. check if a file is present, if so
b. upload the file
c. assuming upload was successful, grab filename and upload it to DB, otherwise don't update DB at all and warn user.

I am currently using the File Upload Class' methods within the imageUpload() method, but was wondering if there's a more efficient way to approach this.