Image upload on laravel doesn't work online : Laravel - php

Question

The project works fine on my localhost but has issues on a live shared server.
I have tried adding this code to my index.php
// set the public path to this directory
$app->bind('path.public', function() {
return __DIR__;
});
I have tried adding this code in a new sym.php file in my public folder
<?php
$targetFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/storage';
symlink($targetFolder,$linkFolder);
echo 'Symlink process successfully completed';
?>
I have tried adding this on my web.php and then running site/linkstorage
Route::get('/linkstorage', function () {
Artisan::call('storage:link');
});
None of these solutions works
here is a snippet of my Controllers code:
public function storeBrand(Request $request){
$this->validate($request, ['brand_name'=> 'required',
'brand_url'=> 'required',
'brand_image'=>'image|nullable|max:1999']);
if($request->hasFile('brand_image')){
//1 : get filename with ext
$fileNameWithExt = $request->file('brand_image')->getClientOriginalName();
//2 : get just file name
$fileName = pathinfo($fileNameWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
//3 : get just extension
$extension = $request->file('brand_image')->getClientOriginalExtension();
//4 : file name to store
$fileNameToStore = $fileName.'_'.time().'.'.$extension;
//upload image
$path =$request->file('brand_image')->storeAs('public/BrandImages', $fileNameToStore);
}
else{
$fileNameToStore ='noimage.jpg';
}
$brand=new Brand();
$brand->brand_name =$request->input('brand_name');
$brand->brand_url =$request->input('brand_url');
$brand->brand_image =$fileNameToStore;
$brand->save();
return redirect('/create_brand')->with('status', 'The '.$brand->brand_name.' Brand has been saved successfully. Create another one.');
Note
When an image is uploaded the path can be traced, but the image is not found, returns an empty image.
Thank you for your time and assistance.

Answer 1

I have got the solution:
I Wrote down this code in my web.php route file:
Route::get('/linkstorage', function () { $targetFolder = base_path().'/storage/app/public'; $linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage'; symlink($targetFolder, $linkFolder); });
After that I navigated to my url/linkstorage
It worked!!

Answer 2

Looking at the code in your controller, it seems correct. Perhaps the error is within your form in the Blade file associated with this method. Based on experience I tend to forget to write this and this could probably sort out your error.
Write this on the form tag.
<form action="{{ insert the route here }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
// insert form input fields here...
</form>