Image upload with Data URI

Post request as normal, where you process the request I use request->file() as in the docs. Laravel has helpers to move the file and you need to specify the path to move it to. I save that path and file name as the url to the image in the database too.

Files 101 video here Explains it along with the creating flyer series. Though the series uses Dropbox, the code is the same to process the image.

You can put the data URI with this code: Here $photo is data URI

    private function savePhoto($photo)
    {
    $fileName = '';
    try {
        if(strlen($photo) > 128) {
            list($ext, $data)   = explode(';', $photo);
            list(, $data)       = explode(',', $data);
            $data = base64_decode($data);

            $fileName = mt_rand().time().'.jpg';
            file_put_contents('uploads/images/'.$fileName, $data);
        }
    }
    catch (\Exception $e) {
        $msg = $e;
    }
    return $fileName;
}

It was sort of a combination of both answers. @jekinney your answered helped with the manual upload I was doing and @dharmendrajadon your answered helped with uploading a file from drag and drop. Thanks!

Here is an improved answer of @dharmendrajadon :

private function savePhoto(Request $request)
{
$images = $request->get('images',[]);
        if(count($images)>0):
            foreach($images as $image):
                try {
                    if(strlen($image) > 128) {
                        list($mime, $data)   = explode(';', $image);
                        list(, $data)       = explode(',', $data);
                        $data = base64_decode($data);

                        $mime = explode(':',$mime)[1];
                        $ext = explode('/',$mime)[1];
                        $name = mt_rand().time();
                        $savePath = 'uploads/images/'.$name.'.'.$ext;

                        file_put_contents(public_path().'/'.$savePath, $data);

                        //saving file to File model
                        $file = new File();
                        $file->name = $name;
                        $file->path = $savePath;
                        $file->type = 'image';
                        $file->mime_type = $mime;
                        $file->extension = $ext;
                        $file->save();
                    }
                }
                catch (\Exception $e) {
                    //doing nothing here for not breaking the loop
                  // you can pass the error message to your view if you want.
                }
            endforeach;
        endif;
}