String replace in Laravel Blade - php

Question

I have project in Laravel 5.8.
I have this code:
<a href="{{ route('user', ['url_address' => $user->url_address, 'id' => $user->id]) }}"><img
src="{{ $user->images->first()->path ?? $placeholder }}"
class="img-responsive center" alt="{{ $user->name }}"></a>
This return me:
<img src="upload/images/UserImage/c561b1742783ed038521c488d1cd59a1.jpg" class="img-responsive center" alt="angel">
I need replace this:
upload/images/UserImage/c561b1742783ed038521c488d1cd59a1.jpg
to:
upload/images/UserImage/thumbs3/c561b1742783ed038521c488d1cd59a1.jpg
How can I make it?

Answer 1

You have a few options here. You could update your DB data, add a new column to store the thumb path, or modify the existing path in place.
Here's one way to do it using https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/helpers#method-str-replace-first
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
...
$search = 'upload/images/UserImage/';
$replace = 'upload/images/UserImage/thumbs3/';
$original = $user->images->first()->path;
$replaced = Str::replaceFirst($search, $replace, $original );
// Now, use `$replaced` as your image src.
<a href="{{ route('user', ['url_address' => $user->url_address, 'id' => $user->id]) }}">
<img src="{{ $replaced ?? $placeholder }}"
class="img-responsive center" alt="{{ $user->name }}">
</a>
I should also mention, that in my experience it is easier to maintain a system where all you store in the DB is the file name of the uploaded document. In this case, c561b1742783ed038521c488d1cd59a1.jpg.
Your views then control which directory to look in: ...public_path('upload/images/thumbs/' . $user->profile_image)