Getting laravel to save images

I'm using dropzone.js to create a drag and drop section where I can save my images I've managed to be able to have it upload to the correct folder but the issue I'm having is that I'm not able to print my image when I user Print_r. When I use print_r I get a blank array.

My Controller

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

         $file = Input::file();

         echo "<PRE>";
        print_r($file);
        die();
   }

my create page

<!-- This gets the admin template from app/modules/templates/views -->
@extends('templates::layouts.admin')
<!-- This inserts the content below into the template -->
@section('content')
{{-- {{ Html::script('js/admin/menu.js') }} --}}
    {{ Form::open(array('route' => 'admin.menus.store', 'class' => 'add-form')) }}
        <div class="form">
            <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" id="my-dropzone" name="mainFileUploader">
                <div class="fallback">
                    <input name="file" type="file" multiple />
                </div>
            </div>
            
            <script>
                Dropzone.options.myDropzone = {
                    url: "{{ asset("uploads/upload.php?target=menu_images") }}",
                };
            </script>

            <div class="submit_button">
                <div>
                    {{ Form::submit('Submit', array("class" => "btn btn-info submit", "role" => "button")) }}
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    {{ Form::close() }}
@stop

jlrdw

9 years ago

Level 75

Check GitHub for package that will print the images.

Ifrit

9 years ago

Level 2

Sorry maybe I didn't explain properly. I'm trying to save my images into the database but I'm having a problem doing that.

phpMick

9 years ago

Level 15

I do it like this:

 $tmpFileName = Input::file('fileDrawing');
$file = file_get_contents($tmpFileName);
$drawing->bitmap = $file;
$drawing->save();

Mick

seanwu

9 years ago

Level 6

How about saving the image into file system and store the path into database?

RonB1985

9 years ago

Level 18

{{ Form::open(array('route' => 'admin.menus.store', 'class' => 'add-form')) }}

It is missing:

'files' => 'true'

Change it to:

{{ Form::open(array('route' => 'admin.menus.store', 'class' => 'add-form', 'files' => 'true')) }}

For more information:

http://laravel-recipes.com/recipes/124/opening-a-new-html-form

Specifying file uploads

If you pass a 'files' => true as one of the array arguments, the form will become suitable for file uploads.

{{ Form::open(array('files' => true)) }}
The form now has the enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute.

<form method="POST" action="http://currenturl" accept-charset="UTF-8"
  enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="_token" type="hidden" value="somelongrandom string">

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