How Do I Upload a File using a Laravel Package? - php

Question

I have a file attachment feature in a Laravel package. I want the uploaded attachment to save in the project directory using the package and NOT within the package. Currently, the file is uploaded into the package uploads directory instead of the project uploads directory. Any suggestions on how to save this file in the right location?
Controller:
$attachment->spot_buy_item_id = $id;
$attachment->name = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
$attachment->created_ts = Carbon::now();
$ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; //1
$storeFolder = '../../../resources/uploads';
if (!empty($_FILES)) {
$tempFile = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']; //3
$extension = pathinfo($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$attachment_hash = md5($tempFile);
$new = $attachment_hash.'.'.$extension;
// complete creating attachment object with newly created attachment_hash
$attachment->hash = $new;
$attachment->save();
$targetPath = dirname( __FILE__ ) . $ds. $storeFolder . $ds; //4
$targetFile = $targetPath. $new; //5
move_uploaded_file($tempFile,$targetFile); //6
chmod($targetFile, 0777);
}
else
{
return "error";
}
Service Provider (I thought publishing the uploads folder might work - nope.)
public function boot()
{
require __DIR__ . '/Http/routes.php';
$this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__ . '/resources/views', 'ariel');
$this->publishes([
__DIR__ . '/resources/uploads' => public_path('vendor/uploads'),
], 'public');
$this->publishes([
__DIR__ . '/../database/migrations' => database_path('migrations')], 'migrations');
}

Answer 1

HERE WE GO. I used the (well-documented) the Storage facade to work with the local filesystem (project).
https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/filesystem
$attachment->spot_buy_item_id = $id;
$attachment->name = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'];
$attachment->created_ts = Carbon::now();
$ds = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; //1
$storeFolder = 'uploads';
if (!empty($_FILES)) {
$tempFile = $_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']; //3
$extension = pathinfo($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$attachment_hash = md5($tempFile);
$new = $attachment_hash.'.'.$extension;
// complete creating attachment object with newly created attachment_hash
$attachment->hash = $new;
$attachment->save();
$tmpPath = $storeFolder . $ds;
$targetFile = $tmpPath . $new; //5
Storage::disk('local')->put($targetFile, file_get_contents($request->file('uploadedfile')));
}
else
{
return "error";
}