Whys Laravel telling me "Path Cannot be empty"

here is my store function in controller

	        $request->validate([
            'description' => 'required',
            'title' => 'required',
            'thumbnail' => 'required',
        ]);

        $extra = $request->except(['thumbnail', 'background_image', '_token']);
        $extra['type'] = 'comic';
        $extra['thumbnail'] = dd($request->file('thumbnail'))->store('thumbnails', 'public');
        if($request->hasFile('background_image')) {
        $extra['background_image'] = $request->file('background_image')->store('bgs', 'public');
        }

        Short::create($extra);

        return redirect()->route('index');

When i enter information into my form it highlights this line

$extra['thumbnail'] = $request->file('thumbnail')->store('thumbnails', 'public');

And tells me Path cannot be empty, even though i already ran php artisan storage:link. When i added dd it showed me my realPath: false so i tried using storeAs instead instead of store and it showed me the exact same error. Whats wrong with my code? I just want it to be added into my database.

jlrdw

3 days ago

Level 75

Have you tried hasFile with the thumbnail?

The dd ends execution.

jimothee

3 days ago

Level 1

idk why but i didnt. I just tried it and it didn't work, still showing Path must not be empty with

 $extra['thumbnail'] = $request->file('thumbnail')->store('thumbnails', 'public');}

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Shivamyadav

3 days ago

Level 20

I think you missed this part to adding your form element

Your form is missing enctype="multipart/form-data"
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('store') }}" enctype="multipart/form-data">

jimothee

3 days ago

Level 1

i have that in my form. heres all of it

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form action="{{ route('extra.store') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        @csrf
        <div>
            <label for="">description</label>
            <textarea name="description" id=""></textarea>
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">title</label>
            <input type="text" name="title">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">bg image</label>
            <input type="file" name="background_image">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">box bg color</label>
            <input type="text" name="background_color">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">desc text color</label>
            <input type="text" name="desc_textco">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">title text color</label>
            <input type="text" name="title_textco">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">description font</label>
            <input type="text" name="desc_font">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">title font</label>
            <input type="text" name="title_font">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">music url</label>
            <input type="text" name="music_url">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">thumbnail</label>
            <input type="file" name="thumbnail">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">title outline color</label>
            <input type="text" name="title_outline_color">
        </div>
        <div>
            <label for="">description outline color</label>
            <input type="text" name="description_outline_color">
        </div>
            <div>
                <input type="submit" value="make extra">
            </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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