Unable to upload image through form? - php

Question

Here's my HTML:
<label for="attachement1">Attach a file: <small style="color:#999;">(type: zip/rar and below 10mb)</small></label>
<input type="file" name="file1"/><br/>
<label for="snapshot">Snapshot / Thumbnail:</label>
<input type="file" name="thumbnail" required/><br/>
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="Submit" value="Publish" />
Here is the code in my controller file (for the update function):
/**
* Update the specified resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'thumbnail' => 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,png|max:800',
'file1' => 'mimes:rar,zip|max:10000',
]);
$file1=$request->file('file1');
if(is_null($request->file('file1'))){
$p=pages::where('id', '=', $request['id'])->first();
$attmt1=$p->attachment;
}
else
{
$upload_dir='uploads';
$attmt1=$file1->getClientOriginalName();
$move=$file1->move($upload_dir, $attmt1);
}
if(is_null($request->file('thumbnail'))){
$p=pages::where('id', '=', $request['id'])->first();
$image=$p->thumbnail;
}
else
{
$img=$request->file('thumbnail');
$upload_dir='thumbnails';
$image=$img->getClientOriginalName();
$move=$img->move($upload_dir, $image);
//end thumbnail process
}
$mypage->title = $request->title;
$mypage->body = $request->body;
//$mypage->thumbnail = $request->thumbnail;
$mypage->slug = str_slug($request->slug, '-');
$mypage->menu_name = $request->menu_name;
$mypage->save();
return redirect()->route('menupages.index')->with('message', 'Page updated successfully.');
}
When I try to edit an item and upload an image (.jpg format), and click submit, I get a "The thumbnail must be a file of type: jpg, jpeg, png." I checked the database and the file was not recorded.
For some reason, it is detecting the image as some foreign image file type even though it is .jpg.

Answer 1

Are you Add enctype="multipart/form-data" on your form?
<form method="post" Action= "" enctype="multipart/form-data">
</form

Answer 2

When you want to upload something, you always need to add the following code to your form.
enctype="multipart/form-data"
If you don't do this, you can't upload something.
Did you add this to your html form?

Answer 3

I got help from a developer on this so I will post how we were able to solve the problem.
Here's the full revised code for the function:
Controller:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'thumbnail' => 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,png|max:300000',
'file1' => 'mimes:rar,zip|max:10000',
]);
$file1 = $request->file('file1');
if(is_null($request->file('file1'))){
// $p=pages::where('id', '=', $request['id'])->first();
$p = MenuPage::find($request['id']);
$attmt1 = $p['attachment'];
}
else
{
$upload_dir = 'uploads';
$attmt1 = $file1->getClientOriginalName();
$file1->move($upload_dir, $attmt1);
}
if(is_null($request->file('thumbnail'))){
// $p=pages::where('id', '=', $request['id'])->first();
$p = MenuPage::findOrFail($request['id']);
$image = $p->thumbnail;
}
else
{
$img = $request->file('thumbnail');
$upload_dir = 'thumbnails';
$image = $img->getClientOriginalName();
$img->move($upload_dir, $image);
//end thumbnail process
}
//$check=pages::where('id', $request['id'])
//->update([
// 'title' => $title,
// 'body' =>$body,
// 'thumbnail' =>$thumbnail,
// 'slug' =>$slug,
// 'school' =>$school,
// 'attachment' =>$attmt1,
// 'menu_name' =>$menu_name,
// ]);
$mypage = MenuPage::find($id);
$mypage->title = $request->title;
$mypage->body = $request->body;
$mypage->thumbnail = $image;
$mypage->attachment = $attmt1;
$mypage->slug = str_slug($request->slug, '-');
$mypage->menu_name = $request->menu_name;
$mypage->save();
return redirect()->route('menupages.index')->with('message', 'Page updated successfully.');
}
View file (the bottom part):
<label for="attachement1">Attach a file: <small style="color:#999;">(type: zip/rar and below 10mb)</small></label>
<input type="file" name="file1"/><br/>
<label for="snapshot">Snapshot / Thumbnail:</label>
<input type="file" name="thumbnail" required/><br/>
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<input name="_method" type="hidden" value="PUT">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="Submit" value="Publish" />