Reputation: 273
I am trying to edit/update my image upload but I am getting "Call to a member function getClientOriginalExtension() on a non-object" error. please help
My controller:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$lnkupdate=Request::all();
$links=Links::findorFail($id);
$file = Input::file('image');
$random_name = str_random(8);
$destinationPath = 'albums/';
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename=$random_name.'_link_logo.'.$extension;
$uploadSuccess = Input::file('image')->move($destinationPath, $filename);
ConsularGen::update(array(
'name'=>Input::get('name'),
'link' => Input::get('link'),
'image' => $filename,
));
}
View:
{!!Form::model($links,['method'=>'PATCH','action'=>['LinksController@update',$links->id]])!!}
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="image">Select a logo</label>
{!!Form::file('image')!!}
</div>
<div class="form-goup">
{!!Form::label('name','Name')!!}
{!!Form::text('name',null,['class'=>'form-control'])!!}
</div>
<div class="form-goup">
{!!Form::label('link','Link')!!}
{!!Form::text('link',null,['class'=>'form-control'])!!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btnbtn-default">Add</button>
</div>
{!!Form::close()!!}
Route:
Route::patch('admin/links/{id}/update','LinksController@update');
Upvotes: 1
Views: 1454
Reputation: 219
Your file has not uploaded successfully. you are trying to run getClientOriginalExtension() on a null file thats's why you are getting this error
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 62338
Uploading files requires the html form to specify enctype="multipart/form-data"
. If you don't have this, the file will not be uploaded, Input::file('image')
will return null
, and you'll get the error you're seeing.
The Laravel Form builder will add this to your form if you tell it that it needs to handle files. Add 'files' => true
to your array in the form:
{!! Form::model($links, ['method'=>'PATCH', 'files' => true, 'action'=>['LinksController@update', $links->id]]) !!}
Once this is fixed, you'll also get this error if you don't actually select a file to be uploaded. You should wrap your file handing inside a check to hasFile
. Something like:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$lnkupdate=Request::all();
if (Input::hasFile('image')) {
$links=Links::findorFail($id);
$file = Input::file('image');
$random_name = str_random(8);
$destinationPath = 'albums/';
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename=$random_name.'_link_logo.'.$extension;
$uploadSuccess = Input::file('image')->move($destinationPath, $filename);
ConsularGen::update(array(
'name'=>Input::get('name'),
'link' => Input::get('link'),
'image' => $filename,
));
} else {
echo 'no file uploaded. oops.';
}
}
Upvotes: 1