How can I add media files in laravel? - php

Question

A user can register/sign up as either a Job Seeker or an Employer. If he is a Job Seeker, he can create a profile on the create profile page. On the form their are 4 inputs with the file type, among other inputs.
See screenshot below.
I have a Table called job_seeker_profiles, there are several columns in there, but only these 4 are relevant to my issue.
resume_id, video_one_id, video_two_id, video_three_id
I also have 2 Tables, Resumes and Videos, each have one column called 'file'.
This is working, the file paths are being inserted into the database.
In my public folder, I created 2 directories resumes and videos. This is where I want to store the files. This part is also working, when I upload a resume only (No Videos, they are optional) and click Create Profile, The file appears in the /resumes folder within my public folder.
The problem is, in the resume_id column in the job_seeker_profiles Table, I get this value inserted into my database "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/temp/phpx6Dmr" instead of the id of the file from the Resumes Table.
I think maybe it's a problem with my relationships?
Here is my code.
AdminJobSeekerProfilecontroller.php file:
public function store(JobSeekerCreateRequest $request)
{
if($file = $request->file('resume_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('resumes', $name);
$resume = Resume::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input['resume_id'] = $resume->id;
}
$input = $request->all();
if($file = $request->file('video_one_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('videos', $name);
$video = Video::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input2['video_one_id'] = $video->id;
}
$input2 = $request->all();
if($file = $request->file('video_two_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('videos', $name);
$video = Video::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input3['video_two_id'] = $video->id;
}
$input3 = $request->all();
if($file = $request->file('video_three_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('videos', $name);
$video = Video::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input4['video_three_id'] = $video->id;
}
$input4 = $request->all();
JobSeekerProfile::create($input, $input2, $input3, $input4);
return redirect('/admin/job-seeker/profile/create');
}
Resume.php Model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Resume extends Model
{
protected $uploads = '/resumes/';
protected $fillable = ['file'];
//create an accessor
public function getFileAttribute($resumes){
return $this->uploads . $resumes;
}
}
JobSeekerProfile.php Model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class JobSeekerProfile extends Model
{
protected $dates = ['date_of_birth'];
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'photo_id',
'resume_id',
'video_one_id',
'video_two_id',
'video_three_id',
'first_name',
'last_name',
'email',
'full_or_part_time',
'additional_skills',
'file'
];
public function user(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
public function resume(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Resume');
}
public function video(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Video');
}
}
On a side note, I know I should store the video files on something like amazon s3, but I want to get it working this way for now. And if you have any recommendations for Laravel and hosting files on a cloud based system that would be great as well.

Answer 1

Thank you Tpojka. This worked for me now:
$input = $request->all();
$user = Auth::user();
if($file = $request->file('resume_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('resumes', $name);
$resume = Resume::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input['resume_id'] = $resume->id;
}
$user->jobseekerprofile()->create($input);
return redirect('/admin/job-seeker/profile/create');