How to submit files in Laravel - php

Question

My form is as follow
{{ Form::open(array( 'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'))}}
<div class="vendor-box-wrap">
<div class="page3-suggested-cat-wrap" style="float: left;width: 100%;border-bottom: 1px dotted;padding-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 20px;">
<label style="width:9%;" for="9009" class="page3-suggested-cat-label" >BoQ</label>
<div class="input-group" style="margin-top: 10px;
width: 70%;">
<span class="form-control"></span>
<span class="input-group-btn">
<span class="btn btn-primary" onclick="$(this).parent().find('input[type=file]').click();">Browse</span>
<input name="file|90009|107" id="file|9009"
value="" onchange="$(this).parent().parent().find('.form-control').html($(this).val().split(/[\\|/]/).pop());"
style="display: none;" type="file">
</span>
</div>
</br> <center><h2><strong>OR</strong></h2></center>
</div>
</div>
<div class="next-btn-wrap"><div class="cf"></div>
<div class="back-btn-wrap">
{{ Form::submit('Back',array('class' => 'back-btn', 'name' => 'back'))}}
</div>
<div class="save-btn-wrap">
{{ Form::submit('Save',array('class' => 'save-btn','name' => 'save'))}}
</div>
{{ Form::submit('Next',array('class' => 'next-btn','name' => 'next'))}}
</div>
{{ Form::close()}}
and in my controller I am using following code to get the data
$aa = Input::except(array('_token','back','save','next'));
//dd($aa);
foreach ($aa as $key=>$value){
$ids = explode("|",$key);
if(isset($ids[0]) && $ids[0]=="file" ){
$userid = Session::get('userid');
$event = Session::get('event');
$fileTblObj = new fileHandler();
$ans = Answer::find($ids[2]);
if(isset($aa[$key])){
//dd($aa[$key]);
if(Input::file($key)->isValid()) {
$destinationPath = 'app/uploads/'.$event.'/'.$userid.'/'.$pageNo ; // upload path
$extension = Input::file($key)->getClientOriginalExtension(); // getting image extension
$name = Input::file($key)->getClientOriginalName();
$curFilesize = Input::file($key)->getClientSize();
$mime =Input::file($key)->getMimeType();
if (!File::exists($destinationPath."/boq-".$name)){
//creating details for saving inthe file_handler Table
$fileTblObj->user_id = $userid;
$fileTblObj->eventName = $event ;
$fileTblObj->fileName = "boq-".$name;
$fileTblObj->formPage =$pageNo ;
$fileTblObj->filePath = $destinationPath."/";
$fileTblObj->mime= $mime;
$ans->answer_text = 'Yes';
Input::file($key)->move($destinationPath, "boq-".$name); // uploading file to given path
//Input::file($key)->move($boqPath, $boqname); // uploading file to given path
//Save filedetails
$fileTblObj->save();
$ans->save();
Session::flash('success', 'Upload successfully');
}else if(File::size($destinationPath."/".$name) != $curFilesize){
$fileDtls = $fileTblObj->where('uid',$userid)->where('fileName',$name)->where('formPage',$pageNo)->first();
Input::file($key)->move($destinationPath, $name);
$ans->answer_text = 'Yes';
$ans->save();
$fileTblObj->where('id',$fileDtls->id)->update(array('updated_at'=>date("Y-m-d h:m:s",time())));
}
//return Redirect::to('upload');
}
}
else
{
if($ans->answer_text =='')
{
$ans->answer_text = 'No';
$ans->save();
}
}
}
My problem is I am not able to get the file details on the back-end
the if statement
if(isset($ids[0]) && $ids[0]=="file" ){
}
is always false .
Any Idea How I can fix this. I also tried changing the The FOrm function to
{{ Form::open(array('files' => true)) }}
Still its not showing the file details

Answer 1

To send a file, I personally use this methods.
View:
{!! Form::open(array('action' => 'TestController#store', 'method' => 'POST', 'files'=>true)) !!}
{!! Form::file('thefile') !!}
{!! Form::submit('Save', array('class' => 'btn')) !!}
{!! Form::close() !!}
Controller:
$thefile = Input::file('thefile');
Hope this helps!