Did He try to include this?

<script type="text/javascript">
             $(document).ready(function(){
                 $("div#dropzone").dropzone({
                         url: "/product/upload",
                         addRemoveLinks: true, 
                         uploadMultiple: true, // Adding This 
                         dictRemoveFile: 'X (remove)'
                 });
             });
</script>

or adding this?

<div id="dropzone" name="images" multiple>
          Drop files here
 </div>

Because I didn't notice his code specifying he wants to upload multiple files.

Storing in the database should be pretty straight forward.

You should setup barryvdh/laravel-debugbar on your project which will help you easily see the ajax requests and responses you get so you can easily debug what's going on and solve your issues much faster. It's the first thing I install and help a ton! On the right side of the debug bar you get a drop down with th Ajax requests your app just made and you can select then to see exactly the data sent the the response you received back.

https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar

Hope this helps

Debug bar is nice but sending manual requests to URLs in Postman is better than filling out forms or doing testing. Also adds more files to load into your website/memory

I still get

error: {type:ErrorException, message:Undefined property: Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::$images,…}
file: "/home/vagrant/code/engine/app/controllers/ProductController.php"
line: 110
message: "Undefined property: Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::$images"
type: "ErrorException"

Even after adding

<div id="dropzone" name="images" multiple>
        Drop files here
</div>

I have

Input::get('images');

To try and add to the DB but nothing and still the error above.

Is images an input field or what? Input::get() isn't for files

In the DB it's TEXT

In the form it's

<div id="dropzone" name="images" multiple>
        Drop files here
</div>

So yeah it's not an input, therefore can I do Request::get(); instead

If it's a file you're trying to pick up

$images = Input::file('images');

This will be an array if it's sending them in one POST request. If not you can do each request on its own. Please check the network tab... it tells you EVERYTHING :)

Now i get a different error:

error: {type:Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException,…}
file: "/home/vagrant/code/engine/app/controllers/ProductController.php"
line: 106
message: "Call to a member function getClientOriginalName() on a non-object"
type: "Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException"

Anyone else run into this problem?

That means it's not picking anything up on $file. Have you tried returning what's being sent to $file?

This is pretty basic PHP debugging

This is what I use on my one

public function postUpload()
{
  $input = Input::all();

  if ( ! \Media::isValidUpload($input))
  {
   return Response::json(array(\Media::$errors->all()), 400);
  }

  $file = Input::file('file');

  $destinationPath  = 'uploads';
  $file_label   = Input::get('file_label');
  $original_filename    = $file->getClientOriginalName();

Yes I know, just not sure what it is, the same code is what I used previously on another project. But I will try your method.

All I want is to get the JSON response then save it to the DB.

What do you mean by "get the JSON response"? get it to where?

You just return something like this on error

$image = new Image();
$somefield = $image->somefield;

if ($image->save())
{
    return Response::json('success', 200);
}
else
{
    return Response::json('Error saving image to database', 400);
}

In my controller I have:

return Response::json(array('filelink' => '/uploads/products/' . $fileName));

How do I get this response and save to DB then?

As the upload and create product are two different methods within my controller

You will need to listen for the event - success in JavaScript section of Dropzone JS

right ok I see.

Or I may just start again with it and not have 2 methods and just incorporate into one.

Check the docs on their website, has all the events listed ;)

Cool thanks will do

Try grab the json in the controller like this:

Request::json()->all();

Thanks @leitom I tried that and still doesn't store the 2 or more images I select in the dropzone area.

Donezone JS does single POST requests PER file (at least on my setup it does). There might be a setting to change that but I haven't looked into it as single requests is fine for my needs.

Dunno, I'm looking into either building something from scratch or just starting again, maybe i have some conflict somewhere, so starting with it again may be the best option.

Hi @lstables , I'm trying to get the same task done...have you found out how to get it to work?

@phaberest checkout some of the solutions in this recent thread https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/hwo-to-use-dropzonejs-when-creating-a-new-post-in-laravel

(and don't reopen stuff from a year ago)