Posting content into the database with an image using Laravel - php

Question

I'm trying to post some stuff into the database using laravel, but It seems not to work...
This is what I get:
The HTML:
{{ Form::open(array('role' => 'form')) }}
<div class="form-body">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Titel</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" placeholder="Titel komt hier">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Textarea</label>
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="5" placeholder="Uw bericht..."></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputFile1">Nieuws afbeelding</label>
<input type="file" name="img">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-actions">
<input type="submit" class="btn green" value="Oplsaan" />
</div>
{{ Form::close() }}
#if ($errors->any())
<ul>
{{ implode('', $errors->all('<li class="error">:message</li>')) }}
</ul>
#endif
That displays all well....
Exept when I try to 'post' the news, because that is what I try to do, it just refreses the page. The URL to that page is mydomain.com/admin/news/write
My router looks like this:
Route::resource('admin/news/write', 'AdminController#create');
First it was authenticated in a group:
Route::group(array('before' => 'auth'), function()
{
Route::resource('admin', 'AdminController');
Route::resource('admin/news/write', 'AdminController#create');
});
This all works, but when I change the Route::resource('admin/news/write', 'AdminController#create'); to Route::post('admin/news/write', 'AdminController#create'); I get an error, that I can't see...
Good, now my controller:
public function store()
{
$rules = array(
'title' => 'required',
'message' => 'required',
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
if ($validator->passes())
{
if (Input::only('title', 'message'))
{
return Redirect::to('admin/news/write')->with('message', 'Het nieuws werd gemaakt!');
}
}
else
{
return Redirect::to('admin/news/write')->with('message', "Er ging iets mis: ")->withErrors($validator);
}
}
The problem is, I don't know how I can store an image to
/public/pictures/news
And then store the full file name into the database, if someone could help me out... I need a response quick, beacause I have a deadline... :{
Kindest regards

Answer 1

First you need to tell your form using the laravel helper that this is going to be uploading a file...
Form::open(['method'=>'POST', 'role' => 'form', 'files' => true])
In your controller you want to get the file from the input
$imgFile = Input::file('img');
Now to move the file from the temporary location it's been uploaded, to a more permanent location call the following (where $filename is what you want to call the uploaded file)...
$dir = '../storage/app/upload/';
$imgFile->move($dir.$filename);
The path for the root of the app from here is ../ (one up from public) so..
../storage/app/upload/ would be a great location to use for uploaded files.
You can then just write:
$dir.$filename;
back to the database - job done :)
Edit :: -- Your Controller --
Your controller for parsing this is based on resources...
So your route will be:
Route::group(array('before' => 'auth'), function()
{
Route::resource('admin', 'AdminController');
}
Your controller itself will have a structure such as (remembering this: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/controllers#restful-resource-controllers):
class AdminController extends BaseController {
public function index(){...}
public function create(){...}
public function
//The store() method is an action handled by the resource controller
//Here we're using it to handle the post action from the current URL
public function store()
{
$imgFile = Input::file('img');
//processing code here....
}
public function show(){...}
public function edit(){...}
public function update(){...}
public function destroy(){...}
}

Answer 2

I fixed the issue.
My controller:
<?php
class AdminNewsController extends \BaseController {
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function index()
{
return View::make('admin.news.create');
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function create()
{
return View::make('admin.news.create');
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function store()
{
$rules = array(
'title' => 'required',
'message' => 'required',
'publish' => 'required'
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
//process the storage
if ($validator->fails())
{
Session::flash('error_message', 'Fout:' . $validator->errors());
return Redirect::to('admin/news/create')->withErrors($validator);
}else{
//store
$news = new News;
$news->title = Input::get('title');
$news->message = Input::get('message');
$news->img_url = Input::file('img')->getClientOriginalName();
$news->posted_by = Auth::user()->username;
$news->published_at = time();
$news->published = Input::get('publish');
$news->save();
//save the image
$destinationPath = 'public/pictures/news';
if (Input::hasFile('img'))
{
$file = Input::file('img');
$file->move('public/pictures/news', $file->getClientOriginalName());
}
//redirect
Session::flash('success', 'Nieuws succesvol aangemaakt!');
return Redirect::to('admin/news/create');
}
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Show the form for editing the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return Response
*/
public function edit($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Update the specified resource in storage.
*
* #param int $id
* #return Response
*/
public function update($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Remove the specified resource from storage.
*
* #param int $id
* #return Response
*/
public function destroy($id)
{
//
}
}
My create.blade.php
<div class="portlet-body form">
{{ Form::open(['method'=>'POST', 'role' => 'form', 'files' => true]) }}
<div class="form-body">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Titel</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="title" placeholder="Titel komt hier">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Textarea</label>
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" rows="5" placeholder="Uw bericht..."></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Nieuws afbeelding</label>
{{ Form::file('img') }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Bericht publiceren?</label>
<div class="radio-list">
<label class="radio-inline">
<span>
{{ Form::radio('publish', '1') }}
</span>
<b style="color:green">Publiceren</b>
</label>
<label class="radio-inline">
<span>
{{ Form::radio('publish', '0', true) }}
</span>
<b style="color:red">Niet publiceren</b>
</label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-actions">
<input type="submit" class="btn green" value="Oplsaan" />
</div>
{{ Form::close() }}
</div>
Then It all work!
Thanks to Matt Barber for the help!