Call to a member function getClientOriginalName() on null

@shiva You might want to verify that your "file" is not being sent as an array of files. Especially when using dropzone, I've found often that what I initially expect to be able to use $file for, I actually need to use $file[0] for. Maybe dd'ing Input::file('file) would be a good place to start so you can see what you're working with.

@goatshark - when I dd Input::file('file') I get null. I also noticed that for some reason the <input type='file'> for dropzone is at the bottom of the page and not in the form.

@vipin93 - I have done both and I still got null when I dd $file

where your form ?

@vipin93 - Here is my form

{{ Form::open(array('route' => 'menus.imageTest', 'files' => true, 'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data', 'class' => 'add-form dropzone', 'id' => 'my-awesome-dropzone')) }}
        <div class="form">
            <div class="parents_input">
                <div>
                    {{ Form::label('menu_id', 'Parent Menu')}}
                </div>
                <div>
                    {!! Form::select('menu_id', $menu_id->prepend('Please Select', '0'), null, array("class" => "form-control")) !!}
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="title_input">
                <div>
                    {{ Form::label('title', 'Title') }}
                </div>
                <div>
                    {{ Form::text('title','', array('id' => 'title', "class" => "form-control")) }}
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="dropzone-previews"></div> <!-- DROPZONE PREVIEW -->

            <div class="layout_type">
                <input id="home" type="radio" value="home" name="type">
                <label for="home">Home</label>
                <input id="stories" type="radio" value="stories" name="type">
                <label for="stories">Stories</label>
            </div>
            <div class="submit_button">
                <div>
                    {{ Form::submit('Submit', array("class" => "btn btn-info submit", "role" => "button")) }}
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    {{ Form::close() }}

have look may be u missing somthing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEfDGoga-U4&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3FiC55VxA

The point about drop zone is that its meant to upload files in the background (via ajax) and not part of a form submission.

I think you can somehow make it work by not having it process its queue but I can't just see how to do that.

@vipin93 - can you prehaps give me the name of the video. I'm having a problem loading it

@vipin93 - That video helped. Now all I need to do is make it work on submit instead of automatically.

see here method http://www.dropzonejs.com/

simple to fix :)

public function imageTest() { $menu = new Menu; $input = Input::all(); if (Input::hasFile('file')) { $file = Input::file('file');

        $destinationPath = 'menu_images';
        $filename = $file->getClientOriginalName();

$upload_success = Input::file('file')->move($destinationPath, $filename); }

}

this how you get rid of that error.