Unable to change Profile Picture Laravel - php

Question

I am able to store the image in desired location but I am unable to view it.
When the page is reloaded ,the same default image appears .
Default image never changes to my desired Image.
My Controller File(UserController.php):
public function update_avatar(Request $request)
{
if($request->hasFile('avatar'))
{
$avatar = $request->file('avatar');
$filename = time(). '.' . $avatar->getClientOriginalExtension();
Image::make($avatar)->save(public_path('/src/uploads/avatars/' . $filename));
}
return redirect()->route('dashboard');
}
}
My Route file:
Route::post('/dashboard',[
'uses'=>'UserController#update_avatar',
]);
My view File:
<form action="/dashboard" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div id="mySidenav" class="sidenav">
×
<input type="file" name="avatar" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-md-5" >
<input type="submit" class="pull-right btn btn-sm btn-primary " value="submit">
<input type="hidden" value="{{Session::token() }}" name="_token">
Remove
</div>
<div id="main">
<span style="font-size:30px;cursor:pointer" onclick="openNav()"><img src="download.jpg" class="img-circle img-responsive" alt="Placeholder image"></span>
</div>
</form>

Answer 1

Are you not saving the uploaded Image to the Database? Are you only uploading images to the dedicated Images Folder but not saving it to the Database? If you want, you can do this in your controller:
<?php
public function update_avatar(Request $request){
$avatarURI = null;
if($request->hasFile('avatar')) {
$avatar = $request->file('avatar');
$filename = time(). '.' . $avatar->getClientOriginalExtension();
Image::make($avatar)->save(public_path('/src/uploads/avatars/' . $filename));
$avatarURI = "src/uploads/{$filename}";
User::update();
}
// YOU MAY NEED TO PERSIST THIS IN THE DATABASE
// TO UPDATE THE avatar:
$usr = new \App\User();
$usr->update(['avatar' => $avatarURI, 'id'=>$userID]); //<== ID OF THE USER TO BE UPDATED...
return redirect()->route('dashboard', ['imgURI'=>$avatarURI, 'user'=>$usr]);
}

Answer 2

Change user with avatar attribute suit your need
public function update_avatar(Request $request)
{
if($request->hasFile('avatar'))
{
$avatar = $request->file('avatar');
$path = '/src/uploads/avatars/';
$filename = time(). '.' . $avatar->getClientOriginalExtension();
Image::make($avatar)->save(public_path($path . $filename));
$request->user()->avatar = $filename;
$request->user()->save();
}
return redirect()->route('dashboard');
}