File storage issue - php

Question

I have recently started to work with laravel voyager admin package, and I have an issue about file upload mechanism.
Firstly, I have create a folder on media menu "contacts":
https://i.imgur.com/fkaVqBz.png
After that, I have made a controller to deal with the contact form and which they can upload their curriculum vitae:
https://i.imgur.com/ckCCSOH.png
In my ContactController, I have made some validations regarding the uploaded file, and some modifications on the name of the uploaded file if the user send the post request:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Contact;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Rules\Captcha;
class ContactController extends Controller
{
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function PostContact(Request $request) {
//
$this->validate($request, [
'nom' => 'required|min:2|max:50',
'prenom' => 'required|min:2|max:50',
'email' => 'required|email',
'organisme' => 'required',
'fonction' => 'required',
'pays' => 'required',
'ville' => 'required',
'telephone' => 'required|numeric|',
'objet' => 'required',
'fichier' => 'sometimes|nullable|mimes:doc,docx,pdf',
'g-recaptcha-response' => new Captcha(),
'message' => 'required|min:10']);
$contact = new Contact;
$contact->nom = $request->input('nom');
$contact->prenom = $request->input('prenom');
$contact->organisme = $request->input('organisme');
$contact->fonction = $request->input('fonction');
$contact->pays = $request->input('pays');
$contact->ville = $request->input('ville');
$contact->email = $request->input('email');
$contact->telephone = $request->input('telephone');
$contact->objet = $request->objet;
if ($request->hasFile('fichier')) {
$filenameWithExt = $request->file('fichier')->getClientOriginalName();
$filename = pathinfo($filenameWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
$extension = $request->file('fichier')->getClientOriginalExtension();
$fileNameToStore = $filename.'_'.time().'.'.$extension;
$path = $request->file('fichier')->storeAs('contacts', $fileNameToStore);
$contact->fichier = $path;
}
$contact->message = $request->input('message');
$contact->save();
return redirect('contact')->with('status', 'Votre message a été envoyé avec succès !!');
}
}
The CV file is successfully uploaded but not in the right destination, and contacts folder is creation in storage\app:
https://i.imgur.com/YPpzfCD.png
https://i.imgur.com/KV2CNXo.png
When I create a new contact via voyager admin panel (contact bread)
https://i.imgur.com/Q3GBom8.png, the file uploaded goes into public\contacts\month-year-folder (May2019)\
and this is what I hope to do also using my contact form.
https://i.imgur.com/bFKSKzq.png
Can someone help me solving this issue?
PS: the command php artisan storage:link
indicate that the "public/storage" directory already exists.
Also, I will show any file content if needed
Thanks.

Answer 1

First add a new entry in disks section of config/filesystem.php file
'contacts' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => public_path('contacts'),
'url' => env('APP_URL').'/contacts',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
Then in your controller change the line
$path = $request->file('fichier')->storeAs('contacts', $fileNameToStore);
to
Storage::disk('contacts')->putFileAs($monthYear, $request->file('fichier'), $filename)
Of course you have to calculate your $monthYear variable to compute the subfolder name.

Answer 2

Regarding #Leonardo Rossi's comment, I have resolved this issue by adding this into my config/filesystem.php:
'contacts' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app/public/contacts'),
'url' => '/contacts',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
and in the controller, because the file was stored in the correct folder, I have tried to get the path and then store it in database field (fichier) like that:
if ($request->hasFile('fichier')) {
$filenameWithExt = $request->file('fichier')->getClientOriginalName();
$filename = pathinfo($filenameWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
$extension = $request->file('fichier')->getClientOriginalExtension();
$fileNameToStore = $filename.'_'.time().'.'.$extension;
/* $path = $request->file('fichier')->storeAs(public_path('contacts'), $fileNameToStore); */
$now = new \DateTime('now'); //Datetime
$monthNum = $now->format('m');
$dateObj = DateTime::createFromFormat('!m', $monthNum);
$monthName = $dateObj->format('F'); // Month
$year = $now->format('Y'); // Year
$monthYear = $monthName.$year;
Storage::disk('contacts')->putFileAs($monthYear, $request->file('fichier'), $fileNameToStore);
$path = Storage::disk('contacts')->url($monthYear.'/'.$fileNameToStore);
$contact->fichier = $path;
}
You can also have an idea of how can you create a folder using datetime elements (Month+Year) for my case.
Thanks.