How to insert random default image into database with Laravel? - php

Question

I am developing a Laravel application.Its have a form which have image upload field and its also not a required field. Now i want to do if anyone submitting form without uploading image then a default random image will be inserted into database from public/images/default directory. How can i do that with Laravel? I have 10 images of that directory (ex: 1b.png, 2b.png, 3b.png....)
<form method="POST" action="{{ route($base_route.'.eventEdit', ['event_id' => $event->event_code]) }}" accept-charset="UTF-8" id="general_form" novalidate="novalidate">
<input name="name" type="text" value="something" class="name">
<input name="name" type="file" value="DefaultImageName" class="image">
<button class="btn btn-default"> Submit </button>
</form>

Answer 1

Add this code to your controller action
$images = scandir(public_path('images/default'));
$image = $request->file('DefaultImageName', $images[mt_rand(0, count($images -1))]);

Answer 2

I would't advise storing images in the database. The approach I take is usually, I store in the database a name, alias and path to the file.
You can do this depending on the pattern you're using on the application, but for your situation, what I'd do is create a mutator that validates whenever you're going to insert a record, if certain field is empty, it does something (if you're using eloquent I assume).
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/eloquent-mutators
public function setImageAttribute($value)
{
if (empty($value)) {
$this->attributes['image'] = //fetch your image and apply your logic
} else { 
$this->attributes['image'] = value;
}
}
Otherwise, I'd create a formrequest that validates if a certain field is empty, I place some content in it (and this way, when it reaches the insertion code it already contains an image)
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/validation