How to save file from $request in laravel?

Question

I have a function in controller

    public function upload(Request $request)
        {
 $file = $request->file('File');
 $destinationPath = 'uploads';
 $file->move($destinationPath,$file->getClientOriginalName());
    
        }

if i send the $request in log it shows something like this

array (
  '_id' => 'tuYDOc644W6DDgAS',
  '_token' => 'FerVRJvJWtnzv91TGuFRpIeT173aD9pH2o9Pqcu9',
  'upload_column' => 'File',
  'id' => 'WU_FILE_0',
  'name' => '134772132_217259409961521_6013657189083751736_o.jpg',
  'type' => 'image/jpeg',
  'lastModifiedDate' => '2/7/2021, 6:44:12 AM',
  'size' => '629882',
  '_file_' => 
  Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile::__set_state(array(
     'test' => false,
     'originalName' => '134772132_217259409961521_6013657189083751736_o.jpg',
     'mimeType' => 'image/jpeg',
     'error' => 0,
     'hashName' => NULL,
  )),
) 

but this is giving a "Call to a member function move() on null"

i am using laravel-admin package , how can i properly save file and get information about the file?

Answer 1

I just found , its bit different with laravel-admin package

the request object is

array (

  '_id' => 'tuYDOc644W6DDgAS',

  '_token' => 'FerVRJvJWtnzv91TGuFRpIeT173aD9pH2o9Pqcu9',

  'upload_column' => 'File',

  'id' => 'WU_FILE_0',

  'name' => '134772132_217259409961521_6013657189083751736_o.jpg',

  'type' => 'image/jpeg',

  'lastModifiedDate' => '2/7/2021, 6:44:12 AM',

  'size' => '629882',

  '_file_' => 

  Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile::__set_state(array(

     'test' => false,

     'originalName' => '134772132_217259409961521_6013657189083751736_o.jpg',

     'mimeType' => 'image/jpeg',

     'error' => 0,

     'hashName' => NULL,

  )),
) 

i can get the file name and file like this and store them

Storage::disk('public')->put($request->name, $request->_file_);

Answer 2

Try editing this.

From:

$file = $request->file('File');

To:

$file = $request-> File; //Use file input tag's name attribute here.

Hope this will be useful.

Answer 3

You can use laravel storage: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystem#the-public-disk

just need 3 basic steps

1. create symbolic link from command: php artisan storage:link
2. config your file system in the config directory: public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public')
3. save file: Storage::disk('public')->put('file_name', 'file');

Answer 4

You can use these steps below:

1. Validate the requested file by your valid mimes:

$this->validate($request, [
    'File' => ['required', 'mimes:jpeg,gif,bmp,png', 'max:2048']
]);

2. Get the file from the request

$image = $request->file('File');

3. Rename the given filename

// get the original file name and replace any spaces with _
// For example, Business Cards.png = timestamp()_business_cards.png
$filename = time()."_". preg_replace('/\s+/', '_', strtolower($image->getClientOriginalName()));

4. Move the image to the location (public)

$tmp = $image->storeAs('uploads', $filename, 'public');