Uploading file to database from input - php

Question

I am learning Laravel and got stuck with one issue. I have created form with validation and all goes to database. Except my image_url with type="file"
<form method="POST" action="{{route('photos.store')}}" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<div class="">
#component('components.back', ['url' => route('photos.index')])
#endcomponent
<hr>
</div>
<div class="form-all">
<ul class="form-section page-section">
<li class="form-line" data-type="control_image" id="id_1">
<div id="cid_1" class="form-input-wide">
<div style="text-align:center;">
<img alt="" class="form-image" style="border:0px;" src="" height="42px" width="42px" data-component="image">
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line" data-type="control_text" id="id_12">
<div id="cid_12" class="form-input-wide">
<div id="text_12" class="form-html" data-component="text">
<p><span style="color:#363636;font-size:xx-large;">Įkelti nuotrauką</span></p>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-group{{ $errors->has('title')?' has-error' : ''}}" id="id_7">
<label class="form-label form-label-top" id="label_7" for="title">Pavadinimas</label>
<div id="cid_7" class="form-input-wide">
<input id="title" type="text" name="title" value="{{ old('title') }}" class="form-control" placeholder="Pavadinimas">
#if ($errors->has('title'))
<span class="help-block">
<strong>
{{ $errors->first('title')}}
</strong>
</span>
#endif </div>
</li>
<li class="form-group{{ $errors->has('description')?
' has-error' : ''}}">
<label class="form-label form-label-top" id="label_5" for="description">Aprašymas</label>
<div id="cid_5" class="form-input-wide">
<input id="description" type="text" name="description" value="{{ old('description') }}" class="form-control" placeholder = "Aprašymas">
#if ($errors->has('description'))
<span class="help-block">
<strong>
{{ $errors->first('description')}}
</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-group {{ $errors->has('image_url')?
' has-error' : ''}}">
<label class="form-label form-label-top" id="label_11" for="image_url">Nuotrauka</label>
<div id="cid_11" class="form-input-wide">
<input id="image_url" type="file" name="image_url" value="{{ old('image_url') }}" class="form-control">
#if ($errors->has('image_url'))
<span class="help-block">
<strong>
{{ $errors->first('image_url')}}
</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-group {{ $errors->has('category_id') ? 'has-error': ''}}">
<label class="form-label form-label-top" id="label_11">Kategorija</label>
#if(isset($photo))
<select name="category_id" class="form-control">
<option value="">Pasirinkti kategoriją</option>
#foreach($categories as $category)
<option value="{{$category->id}}">{{$category->title}}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#else
<select name="category_id" class="form-control">
<option value="">Pasirinkti kategoriją</option>
#foreach($categories as $category)
<option value="{{$category->id}}">{{$category->title}}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#endif
#if($errors->has('category_id'))
<span class="help-block">
<strong>{{ $errors->first('category_id')}}</strong>
</span>
#endif
</li>
<li class="form-line" data-type="control_button" id="id_2">
<div id="cid_2" class="form-input-wide">
<div style="text-align:center;" class="form-buttons-wrapper">
<button id="input_2" type="submit" class="form-submit-button" data-component="button">
Patvirtinti
</button>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
and my Controller looks like this:
public function create()
{
$categories = Category::all();
return view('photo.create', compact('photo','categories'));
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'title' => 'required|min:3',
'image_url'=> 'required',
'category_id' => 'required',
]);
$photo = new Photo;
$photo->title = $request->input('title');
$photo->image_url = $request->input('image_url');
$photo->description = $request->input('description');
$photo->category_id = $request->input('category_id');
$photo->save();
$request->session()->flash('create', $request->title. "Sekmingai sukurta");
$path = $request->image_url->store('images');
return redirect()->route('photos.index');
}
and seeder:
public function __construct( Photo $photo, Category $category) {
$this->photo = $photo;
$this->category = $category;
}
public function run()
{
$categories_ids = $this->category->pluck('id');
DB::table('photos')->insert(
[
'title' => '',
'image_url' => '',
'description' => '',
'category_id' => $categories_ids->random()
]);
}
I understand that I should put some if into Controller telling "If its not text, but file- accept file". But I am not able to find answer online.
Thank you for your advises in advance.

Answer 1

You will get image name from $fileName = $request->image_url->store('images');
and note $fileName wil return folder name also images/2Q3J1gU3j8NkMgt5HtGurSDtu5BIbeATNZb13Ih3.jpeg
$photo = new Photo;
if ($request->hasFile('image_url')) {
$fileName = $request->image_url->store('images');
$photo->image_url = $fileName;
}
$photo->title = $request->input('title');
$photo->description = $request->input('description');
$photo->category_id = $request->input('category_id');
$photo->save();
$request->session()->flash('create', $request->title. "Sekmingai sukurta");
return redirect()->route('photos.index');