using blueimp/jQuery-File-Upload in laravel project

Hi there,

I am trying to use the jQuery FIle Upload in a project. I succeeded by using this as base https://github.com/ivansammartino/simple-laravel-multiupload

However this project is basically a migration of an existing non-laravel project of mine. In this project I had some customiziation in the index.php of the uploader.

this is the original from blueimp

error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
require('UploadHandler.php');
$upload_handler = new UploadHandler();

and you can do something like this, to extend the functions

class CustomUploadHandler extends UploadHandler {

protected function initialize() {

do something extra

parent::initialize();
}

}

I guess the UploadHandler Code could go to a controller and then I would put my customization to another controller that does not extends Controller but my "uploadHandlerController". Can I extend the functions in laravel aswell?

Did anyone do this before or am I on the wrong path how this will work?

Cheers for any advice Christian