Level 36
@aondoe can you provide code from controller?
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Sep 16, 2018
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Level 1
File upload not working
Hello everyone.
I'm having trouble with file upload in laravel 5.6 I'm trying to upload images to my CMS I've created with Laravel.
I have a table called "post_its" below:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('post_its', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('title');
$table->text('content');
$table->text('subject');
$table->text('featured_img');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
I had to add a column in the table to upload images so I did so like below:
public function up()
{
Schema::table('post_its', function(Blueprint $table)
{
//add a column to the post_its table and give it 100 characters. Also specify 100 characters
$table->string('featured_img', 100)->nullable();
});
}
Here's my form data I'm trying to fix, as you can see below:
<form action="{{route('posts.update', $post->id)}}" method="POST" type="multipart/form-data">
<!--other form fields are here as well, but omitted for brevity-->
<div class="form-group">
<input type="file" name="featured_img" title="Featured image">
</div>
</form>
Every other field works and updates the database table, but not this upload field. All the fields under the featured_img column says null. I was hoping after I added this column I could edit this column. Any suggestions?
Level 10
Are you updating the Post model via mass assignment in the Controller? If so, make sure you have included featured_img in the $fillable property of your model
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Level 12
you don't have {{csrf_field()}} in your form or @csrf
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Level 104
What are you doing in the controller action to handle the uploaded file?
Level 1
Hey guys thanks for your responses. I omitted the @csrf token from my form above. I actually include that right below the tag.
Controller code below:
public function update(Request $request, PostIt $post)
{
//The code below will update the post/record in the database.
request()->validate([
'title' => 'required|min:2',
'content' => 'required|min:50',
]);
$post->update($request->all());
session()->flash('message', 'Your post has been created successfully');
return redirect()->back();
}
Here's the code from the Model:
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class PostIt extends Model
{
protected $fillable=['title','content', 'subject','featured_image'];
protected $guarded=[];//For guarded data if needed
//
}
Level 104
You are doing nothing to handle the uploaded file. What were you actually hoping to achieve; saving the image as a BLOB?
Level 1
Hey tykus. No I was following online examples, and I just wanted it to be stored inside the storage/app/public/ directory
Level 104
public function update(Request $request, PostIt $post)
{
request()->validate([
'title' => 'required|min:2',
'content' => 'required|min:50',
]);
// Store the file are get the path
$path = $request->file('featured_img')->store(public_path());
$post->update(array_merge($request->all(), ['featured_img' => $path]));
session()->flash('message', 'Your post has been created successfully');
return redirect()->back();
}
Level 1
Hey tykus thanks for your prompt response and assist, but I'm getting a
"Call to a member function store() on null" error, on this line:
$path = $request->file('featured_img')->store(public_path());
I suspect the request isn't to the proper file. I'm not sure actually. But I thank you for your help. I will keep working at it.
Level 104
Be sure that the input name attribute has the same value as the $request->file() parameter.
Level 67
Also make sure you select a file to upload. This code assumes there will be a file present. If the file is required, you should also add a required validation rule for it otherwise it will produce that same error.
Or check if request has the file and only save it then. if ($request->hasFile('fileInputName')) etc
Level 1
Hey you guys are awesome. This framework is awesome, and I'm working constantly to get better. I finally got it to work. My $fillable variable in my model didn't match the column I was trying to upload to.
I had 'featured_image' instead of 'featured_img'.
So now I'm able to upload finally! Thank you all.
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