File Uploading

Uploading Files in Laravel is very easy. All we need to do is to create a view file where a user can select a file to be uploaded and a controller where uploaded files will be processed.

In a view file, we need to generate a file input by adding the following line of code.

Form::file('file_name');

In Form::open(), we need to add ‘files’=>’true’ as shown below. This facilitates the form to be uploaded in multiple parts.

Form::open(array('url' => '/uploadfile','files'=>'true'));

Example

Step 1 − Create a view file called resources/views/uploadfile.php and copy the following code in that file.

resources/views/uploadfile.php

<html>
   <body>
  &lt;?php
     echo Form::open(array('url' =&gt; '/uploadfile','files'=&gt;'true'));
     echo 'Select the file to upload.';
     echo Form::file('image');
     echo Form::submit('Upload File');
     echo Form::close();
  ?&gt;   </body>
</html>

Step 2 − Create a controller called UploadFileController by executing the following command.

php artisan make:controller UploadFileController --plain

Step 3 − After successful execution, you will receive the following output −

Step 4 − Copy the following code in

app/Http/Controllers/UploadFileController.php file.

app/Http/Controllers/UploadFileController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class UploadFileController extends Controller {
   public function index() {
  return view('uploadfile');   }
   public function showUploadFile(Request $request) {
  $file = $request-&gt;file('image');   
  //Display File Name
  echo 'File Name: '.$file-&gt;getClientOriginalName();
  echo '&lt;br&gt;';   
  //Display File Extension
  echo 'File Extension: '.$file-&gt;getClientOriginalExtension();
  echo '&lt;br&gt;';   
  //Display File Real Path
  echo 'File Real Path: '.$file-&gt;getRealPath();
  echo '&lt;br&gt;';   
  //Display File Size
  echo 'File Size: '.$file-&gt;getSize();
  echo '&lt;br&gt;';   
  //Display File Mime Type
  echo 'File Mime Type: '.$file-&gt;getMimeType();   
  //Move Uploaded File
  $destinationPath = 'uploads';
  $file-&gt;move($destinationPath,$file-&gt;getClientOriginalName());   }
}

Step 5 − Add the following lines in app/Http/routes.php.

app/Http/routes.php

Route::get('/uploadfile','UploadFileController@index');
Route::post('/uploadfile','UploadFileController@showUploadFile');

Step 6 − Visit the following URL to test the upload file functionality.

http://localhost:8000/uploadfile

Step 7 − You will receive a prompt as shown in the following image.

File Uploading

Example

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