Multiple Image Upload in Laravel 5.2 - php

Question

Finally I can upload and move the images, but now I want to create a multiple upload images on Laravel. Is that possible? Did I have to use array to make it?
Can I just modify a little bit from this code?
It's on my ProductController.php
$picture = '';
if ($request->hasFile('images')) {
$file = $request->file('images');
$filename = $file->getClientOriginalName();
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$picture = date('His').$filename;
$destinationPath = base_path() . '\public\images/';
$request->file('images')->move($destinationPath, $picture);
}
if (!empty($product['images'])) {
$product['images'] = $picture;
} else {
unset($product['images']);
}
Thank you.
Note: My code above is from a kindhearted person on stackoverflow, thanks again ;)

Answer 1

At your frontend form you'll have to use your field attribute name like
name="images[]"
And your controller code would be like this.
$picture = '';
if ($request->hasFile('images')) {
$files = $request->file('images');
foreach($files as $file){
$filename = $file->getClientOriginalName();
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$picture = date('His').$filename;
$destinationPath = base_path() . '\public\images';
$file->move($destinationPath, $picture);
}
}
if (!empty($product['images'])) {
$product['images'] = $picture;
} else {
unset($product['images']);
}

Answer 2

Your input from $_POST will be coming in as an array. All you need to do is to iterate through it:
$picture = '';
if ($request->hasFile('images')) {
$files = $request->file('images');
foreach($files as $file){
$filename = $file->getClientOriginalName();
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$picture = date('His').$filename;
$destinationPath = base_path() . '\public\images/';
$request->file('images')->move($destinationPath, $picture);
}
}

Answer 3

Slight modified code to upload multiple image.
public function store(Request $request)
{
$pid = $request->input('pid');
$input = $request->file('images');
$picture = array();
if($request->hasFile('images')) :
foreach ($input as $item):
$extension = $item->getClientOriginalName();
$name = date('Ymd') . '.' . $extension;
$destinationPath = base_path() . '/uploads/images/';
$item->move($destinationPath, $name);
$arr[] = $name;
endforeach;
$picture = implode(",", $arr);
else:
$picture = '';
endif;
DB::table('document')->insert(array('pid' => $pid,'image' => $picture));
Session::flash('message', 'Multiple pictures are uploaded successfully');
return redirect('/image-upload');
}