CODEWITHSUNDEEP
laravel
universal
universal

Reputation: 467

Upload Image and save image path to database Lavavel 5.4

I am creating a new post on Laravel. But I stuck here to upload an image and save the image path to database. My controller is

if($request->hasFile('image'))
        {
            $image = $request->file('image');
            $filename = time() . '.'. $image->getClientOriginalExtension();

            $path = public_path('images');
            $imagepath = $request->image->move($path, $filename);
            $post->image = $imagepath;

        }

But it saves path as 'C:\xampp\tmp\php2CF9.tmp'. What is causing the error? Or are there any better approaches than this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 19613

Answers (5)

Sreejith BS
Sreejith BS

Reputation: 1203

1) Make sure you have added enctype="multipart/form-data" in your form and a <input type="file"> with field name="image"

2) Create a new folder named images in your laravel public folder.

3) In your controller

if( $request->hasFile('image')) {
    $image = $request->file('image');
    $path = public_path(). '/images/';
    $filename = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
    $image->move($path, $filename);

    $post->image = $path;
}


$post->save();

4) In your view

<img src="{{ asset('images/FILENAME.EXTENSION') }}">

Hope it's helpful.

Upvotes: 2

RamAnji
RamAnji

Reputation: 470

$imageName = time().'.'.$request->image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$request->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);
store into database with file name
$post->image    = $imageName;
display in view
{{ URL::to('/images/'.$post->image) }}

Upvotes: 0

Gammer
Gammer

Reputation: 5628

You can try, It will also store the full path with file name:

if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
    $filename = $request->file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
    $filename = url("/images") .
        "/" . uniqid() .
    $request->file('image')
        ->getClientOriginalName();
            $destinationPath = "images";
    $request->file('image')->move($destinationPath, $filename);
    $post->image = $filename;
        }

Upvotes: 0

qqmydarling
qqmydarling

Reputation: 177

You can try this. Whats the point of saving path to DB? U can access to your images by having filename and his extension

if($request->hasFile('image'))
{
    $fileNameExt = $request->file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
    $fileName = pathinfo($fileNameExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
    $fileExt = $request->file('image')->getClientOriginalExtension();
    $fileNameToStore = $fileName.'_'.time().'.'.$fileExt;
    $pathToStore = $request->file('image')->storeAs('public/images',$fileNameToStore);
}

$post = new Post;
if($request->hasFile('image')){
            $post->img = $fileNameToStore;
        }
$post->save();

But first u have to create a link with artisan:

php artisan storage:link

So your images will be stored in: ProjectName\storage\app\public\images

Upvotes: 1

gilganebu
gilganebu

Reputation: 27

Laravel can automaically save the correct path for you. First you need to setup the local file storage, if you haven't done so (https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/filesystem#configuration)

Then you can do fancy stuff like:

$post = new Post();
$post->image = $request->file('image')->store('image');

Upvotes: 3

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