Photos won't upload using laravel 5.7 - php

Question

Using Laravel 5.6 before, my photos uploaded perfectly and now that I've upgraded to 5.7, now they wont and I'm at a loss. The posts will upload, just not the photos. I have checked any rechecked the relationships and routes gut to no avail. Any help will be appreciated.
home.blade.php:
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('makePost') }}">
#csrf
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="body" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-right">{{ __('Body') }}</label>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<textarea id="body" type="text" class="form-control{{ $errors->has('body') ? ' is-invalid' : '' }}" name="body" value="{{ old('body') }}" required autofocus></textarea>
#if ($errors->has('body'))
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $errors->first('body') }}</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="image" type="file" class="form-control{{ $errors->has('image') ? ' is-invalid' : '' }}" name="image" value="{{ old('image') }}" autofocus>
#if ($errors->has('image'))
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $errors->first('image') }}</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
<div class="form-group row mb-0">
<div class="col-md-6 offset-md-4">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
{{ __('Create Post') }}
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
PostsController.php:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$input = $request->all();
$user = Auth::user();
if($file = $request->file('photo_id')) {
$name = time() . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move('images', $name);
$photo = Photo::create(['file'=>$name]);
$input['photo_id'] = $photo->id;
}
$user->post()->create($input);
return redirect('/home');
}
Photo.php:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Photo extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'file',
];
public function user() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
public function photo() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\Photo');
}
}
Post.php:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Post extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'body', 'photo_id', 'user_id',
];
public function post()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
}

Answer 1

Add enctype="multipart/form-data" to <form> tag. This value is required when you are using forms that have a file upload control.
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('makePost') }}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
//
</form>
Source: HTML enctype Attribute