Level 36
Hello -
You should use $request->file('name') to access uploaded files.
Aug 15, 2017
5
Level 3
File stored in $_FILES but not accessible via $request->all()
Hi all, Currently confused as where my file uploads have been disappearing to. It seems to work with one file but not multiple with different names. The $_FILES superglobal can still see all files.
I have tried to name the inputs using arrays but end up with the same error ie: attachment[0][1] etc
View
<form method="POST" action="{{route('questionnaires.answer',$questionnaire->id)}}" accept-charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
...
<input name="attachment_1_0" type="file"/>
<input name="attachment_1_1" type="file"/>
...
</form>
Controller using Request class
public function answer(Request $request, Questionnaire $questionnaire)
{
dd($request->all());
}
Returns
array:2 [▼
"_token" => "e7v7ZxaKoIFGIYOscCAFwsoB8olw8lrNjwx8Azyi"
"attachment_1_0" => UploadedFile {#229 ▼
-test: false
-originalName: "db.png"
-mimeType: "image/png"
-size: 86110
-error: 0
#hashName: null
path: "C:\xampp\tmp"
filename: "phpF4F4.tmp"
basename: "phpF4F4.tmp"
pathname: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
extension: "tmp"
realPath: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
aTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
mTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
cTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
inode: 0
size: 86110
perms: 0100666
owner: 0
group: 0
type: "file"
writable: true
readable: true
executable: false
file: true
dir: false
link: false
linkTarget: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
}
]
Controller using $_FILES superglobal
public function answer(Request $request, Questionnaire $questionnaire)
{
dd($_FILES);
}
Returns
array:2 [▼
"attachment_1_0" => array:5 [▼
"name" => "BlackBoard BS Logo.jpg"
"type" => "image/jpeg"
"tmp_name" => "C:\xampp\tmp\phpD72F.tmp"
"error" => 0
"size" => 88788
]
"attachment_1_1" => array:5 [▼
"name" => ""
"type" => ""
"tmp_name" => ""
"error" => 4
"size" => 0
]
]
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Level 3
File storage and manipulation is handled later in the controller action, just unsure why the file is shown in $_FILES and not in $request->all()
Level 36
@MorganRowse $request->all() doesn't show uploaded files. It's intended behavior of the framework.
To access items from $_FILES, $request->file() method should be used.
Level 3
dd($request->all());
the return shows
"attachment_1_0" => UploadedFile {#229 ▼
-test: false
-originalName: "db.png"
-mimeType: "image/png"
-size: 86110
-error: 0
#hashName: null
path: "C:\xampp\tmp"
filename: "phpF4F4.tmp"
basename: "phpF4F4.tmp"
pathname: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
extension: "tmp"
realPath: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
aTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
mTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
cTime: 2017-08-15 10:00:06
inode: 0
size: 86110
perms: 0100666
owner: 0
group: 0
type: "file"
writable: true
readable: true
executable: false
file: true
dir: false
link: false
linkTarget: "C:\xampp\tmp\phpF4F4.tmp"
}
as per question I'm asking why it doesn't return an empty result with error 4 as with $_FILES.
ie if you have
<input type="number" name='bar'/>
$request->all() will show the input with an empty value. Why do files not return with an empty value?
Sorry for any confusion
Level 36
@MorganRowse I'm not sure but supposedly $request->all() only fetches data from GET query string and POST request body. Files happen to be a different type of content which is place in $_FILES.
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