Image is saving as tmp file in database laravel - php

Question

Before explaining the problem. Let me show the controller function:
public function storePost(IdeaRequest $request)
{
$idea = new Idea();
$idea->idea_title = $request->input('idea_title');
$idea->user_id = $request->input('user_id');
$idea->idea_image = $request->file('idea_image')->move('publicPages\images')->getClientOriginalName();
$idea->idea_info = $request->input('idea_info');
$idea->selection = $request->input('selection');
$idea->idea_location = $request->input('idea_location');
$idea->idea_goal = $request->input('idea_goal');
$idea->idea_description = $request->input('idea_description');
$idea->save();
session()->flash('flash_message', 'Your idea has been submitted for Review');
return back();
}
It stores the image as .tmp file. Things I have tried out
guessExtension(), It just returns the extension name and does not
even store the image.
getClientOriginalName(), it throws an error;
getClientOriginalName method is not defined. I have searched the
method and it is in there. used its namespace
Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile. it did not work
either.
Tried different things out from stackoverflow, Nothing has worked
for me till now. In other words, i have invested a lot of time to
solve this problem but nothing worked. Any help would highly be
appreciated.

Answer 1

Here you go:
public function storePost(IdeaRequest $request)
{
$request->file('idea_image')->move('publicPages\images');
$filename = $request->file('idea_image')->getClientOriginalName();
$idea = new Idea();
$idea->idea_title = $request->input('idea_title');
$idea->user_id = $request->input('user_id');
$idea->idea_image = $filename;
$idea->idea_info = $request->input('idea_info');
$idea->selection = $request->input('selection');
$idea->idea_location = $request->input('idea_location');
$idea->idea_goal = $request->input('idea_goal');
$idea->idea_description = $request->input('idea_description');
$idea->save();
session()->flash('flash_message', 'Your idea has been submitted for Review');
return back();
}
Observe closely. You will have to do this in 2 separate lines:
$request->file('idea_image')->move('publicPages\images');
$filename = $request->file('idea_image')->getClientOriginalName();
Why?
move() returns a File object representing the new file.
The File class doesn't have a getClientOriginalName() method. That method belongs to UploadedFile.
When you chain them, you are trying to access getClientOriginalName() from File, which doesn't exist. Have a look at the docs here.
However...
File extends the PHP native SplFileInfo class which has a getFilename() method. So I guess you could also do:
$request->file('idea_image')->move('publicPages\images')->getFilename();