How do I properly upload a svg file with Laravel 5.5? The standard image validation rule does not see it as a proper image (image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg)
When I remove all validation, the file get's stored as a txt file.
An svg is actually more XML than an image (so yes, it's actually text).
The Intervention image library also doesnt support it, so if you need to edit the image you'll have to install the Imagick Image library.
The validation could be done by checking for mimetype instead of 'image':
mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg
should work
also: try uploading the SVG to http://mime.ritey.com/ It might be that it has the wrong mimetype set (text/xml instead of image/svg+xml)
The mime type seems to be ok, but the validation only on mime keeps failing. I'll do some more testing tomorrow.
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