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@JeffreyWay mimes validator always returning errors even with right mime type, what can i do?
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* @return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* @return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
'title' => 'required',
'body' => 'required',
'date' => 'date',
'tag_list' => 'required',
'images' => 'required|mimes:jpeg',
];
}
Have you tried with the image validation rule? [ http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/validation#available-validation-rules ]
public function rules()
{
return [
'title' => 'required',
'body' => 'required',
'date' => 'date',
'tag_list' => 'required',
'images' => 'required|image',
];
}
Also does your <form> have the enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute?
i have enctype="multipart/form-data". i want multiupload file validation for this form. my form is here.
{!! Form::model($article = new \App\Article,['action' => 'ArticleController@store','files' => true]) !!}
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('title', 'Title',['style' => 'font-weight: bold;']) !!}
{!! Form::text('title', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Enter Title'] ) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('tag_list', 'Tags',['style' => 'font-weight: bold;']) !!}
{!! Form::select('tag_list[]', $tags, null, ['class' => 'form-control','id'=>'select', 'multiple'] ) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('body', 'Body',['style' => 'font-weight: bold;']) !!}
{!! Form::textarea('body', null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Enter Title'] ) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('date', 'Date',['style' => 'font-weight: bold;']) !!}
{!! Form::text('published_at', $article->published_at, ['class' => 'form-control','id' => 'date'] ) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('image_upload', 'Upload image',['style' => 'font-weight: bold;']) !!}
{!! Form::file('images[]',['class'=>'form-control','id' => 'image_upload', 'multiple']) !!}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::submit('Add article',['class' => 'form-control btn btn-primary']) !!}
</div>
{!! Form::close() !!}
@if($errors->any())
<ul class="alert alert-danger">
@foreach($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{$error}}</li>
@endforeach
</ul>
@endif
Take a look into this thread: [ https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/calling-standard-validation-rules-from-a-custom-validation-rule ] It is about the same problem you are having.
Basically, you will need to validate the image field as an array and add validation manually for each file in the array.
One note, in validation use image not images as your field is named image[].
Just in case anyone runs into the issue I had, for some reason the javascript validation script I was using was actually stripping out the (enctype="multipart/form-data") line, so even though you have it set in your view just check your generated html and make sure
Mime detection fails if there is no file uploaded. Check php.ini values relatives to file upload dirs & max sizes.
I know this thread is old, but this might help others who may stumbled on the same problem. I actually got the idea from what @rogrido said about checking your images/attachments as arrays. I am using "attachments[]" as input name by the way. And I got it working using this:
$this->validate(request(), [
'attachments.*' => 'required|mimes:jpeg,png,pdf'
]);
using the dot(.) asterisk solved my problem.
The * signifies "wilcard". if your event.target.files outputs as an array, then FILE_NAME.* would work because it's looking for every file in that array.
It worked for me. Thanks @devEs
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