How to upload an image using Laravel?

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The problem:

I want to upload an image to a mySQL database using Laravel.

what I have tried:

I looked for other stack-overflow questions but they weren't helpful.

the result I am expecting :

is to have the image name or path saved to a column in my table on the database , to retrieve and display it later as a post in a blog.

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

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You should be able to get the information you need using a file input: laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#files

– adam
Jan 3 at 17:00

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The problem:

I want to upload an image to a mySQL database using Laravel.

what I have tried:

I looked for other stack-overflow questions but they weren't helpful.

the result I am expecting :

is to have the image name or path saved to a column in my table on the database , to retrieve and display it later as a post in a blog.

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

1

You should be able to get the information you need using a file input: laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#files

– adam
Jan 3 at 17:00

add a comment |

The problem:

I want to upload an image to a mySQL database using Laravel.

what I have tried:

I looked for other stack-overflow questions but they weren't helpful.

the result I am expecting :

is to have the image name or path saved to a column in my table on the database , to retrieve and display it later as a post in a blog.

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

The problem:

I want to upload an image to a mySQL database using Laravel.

what I have tried:

I looked for other stack-overflow questions but they weren't helpful.

the result I am expecting :

is to have the image name or path saved to a column in my table on the database , to retrieve and display it later as a post in a blog.

laravel image file path upload

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

edited Jan 3 at 17:00

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

asked Jan 3 at 16:58

Omar

387

1

You should be able to get the information you need using a file input: laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#files

– adam
Jan 3 at 17:00

add a comment |

1

You should be able to get the information you need using a file input: laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#files

– adam
Jan 3 at 17:00

You should be able to get the information you need using a file input: laravel.com/docs/5.7/requests#files

– adam
Jan 3 at 17:00

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First you need the form on your view (don't forget the csrf token):

<form action="/image-upload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    @csrf

    <input type="file" name="image">

    <button type="submit">Upload</button>

</form>

And on your routes file add the route for POST method:

Route::post('image-upload', 'ImageUploadController@imageUploadPost');

Then on your Controller create the function that will validate and move your image to the 'public/images' folder.

public function imageUploadPost()

{

    request()->validate([

        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',

    ]);



    $imageName = time().'.'.request()->image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    request()->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);

}

For better solution please read this: Laravel File Storage

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

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Actually with Laravel it only involves a few lines of code. Let's say you have a user that has an avatar which is stored in the database. Here's how you would store and retrieve the avatar from the database:

1. First you'll need to have an avatar column in the users table that can store binary data. Depending on how large you want to allow the avatar image to be, the data type of the column can be one of the following:

BLOB up to 64KB

MEDIUMBLOB up to 16MB

LONGBLOB up to 4GB

2. To store the uploaded image in the database you can do this:

Route::post('user/{id}', function (Request $request, $id) {

    // Get the file from the request

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



    // Get the contents of the file

    $contents = $file->openFile()->fread($file->getSize());



    // Store the contents to the database

    $user = AppUser::find($id);

    $user->avatar = $contents;

    $user->save();

});

3. To fetch and ouput the avatar you can do the following:

Route::get('user/{id}/avatar', function ($id) {

    // Find the user

    $user = AppUser::find(1);



    // Return the image in the response with the correct MIME type

    return response()->make($user->avatar, 200, array(

        'Content-Type' => (new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME))->buffer($user->avatar)

    ));

});

NOTE: Please have this in your mind, MySQL isn't a suitable solution to store BLOB. You may need to use an object storage service like Amazon S3.

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

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First you need the form on your view (don't forget the csrf token):

<form action="/image-upload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    @csrf

    <input type="file" name="image">

    <button type="submit">Upload</button>

</form>

And on your routes file add the route for POST method:

Route::post('image-upload', 'ImageUploadController@imageUploadPost');

Then on your Controller create the function that will validate and move your image to the 'public/images' folder.

public function imageUploadPost()

{

    request()->validate([

        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',

    ]);



    $imageName = time().'.'.request()->image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    request()->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);

}

For better solution please read this: Laravel File Storage

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

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First you need the form on your view (don't forget the csrf token):

<form action="/image-upload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    @csrf

    <input type="file" name="image">

    <button type="submit">Upload</button>

</form>

And on your routes file add the route for POST method:

Route::post('image-upload', 'ImageUploadController@imageUploadPost');

Then on your Controller create the function that will validate and move your image to the 'public/images' folder.

public function imageUploadPost()

{

    request()->validate([

        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',

    ]);



    $imageName = time().'.'.request()->image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    request()->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);

}

For better solution please read this: Laravel File Storage

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

add a comment |

First you need the form on your view (don't forget the csrf token):

<form action="/image-upload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    @csrf

    <input type="file" name="image">

    <button type="submit">Upload</button>

</form>

And on your routes file add the route for POST method:

Route::post('image-upload', 'ImageUploadController@imageUploadPost');

Then on your Controller create the function that will validate and move your image to the 'public/images' folder.

public function imageUploadPost()

{

    request()->validate([

        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',

    ]);



    $imageName = time().'.'.request()->image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    request()->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);

}

For better solution please read this: Laravel File Storage

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

First you need the form on your view (don't forget the csrf token):

<form action="/image-upload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    @csrf

    <input type="file" name="image">

    <button type="submit">Upload</button>

</form>

And on your routes file add the route for POST method:

Route::post('image-upload', 'ImageUploadController@imageUploadPost');

Then on your Controller create the function that will validate and move your image to the 'public/images' folder.

public function imageUploadPost()

{

    request()->validate([

        'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',

    ]);



    $imageName = time().'.'.request()->image->getClientOriginalExtension();

    request()->image->move(public_path('images'), $imageName);

}

For better solution please read this: Laravel File Storage

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

edited Jan 3 at 17:35

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

answered Jan 3 at 17:22

Denis

657

add a comment |

BLOB up to 64KB

MEDIUMBLOB up to 16MB

LONGBLOB up to 4GB

2. To store the uploaded image in the database you can do this:

Route::post('user/{id}', function (Request $request, $id) {

    // Get the file from the request

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



    // Get the contents of the file

    $contents = $file->openFile()->fread($file->getSize());



    // Store the contents to the database

    $user = AppUser::find($id);

    $user->avatar = $contents;

    $user->save();

});

3. To fetch and ouput the avatar you can do the following:

Route::get('user/{id}/avatar', function ($id) {

    // Find the user

    $user = AppUser::find(1);



    // Return the image in the response with the correct MIME type

    return response()->make($user->avatar, 200, array(

        'Content-Type' => (new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME))->buffer($user->avatar)

    ));

});

NOTE: Please have this in your mind, MySQL isn't a suitable solution to store BLOB. You may need to use an object storage service like Amazon S3.

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

add a comment |

BLOB up to 64KB

MEDIUMBLOB up to 16MB

LONGBLOB up to 4GB

2. To store the uploaded image in the database you can do this:

Route::post('user/{id}', function (Request $request, $id) {

    // Get the file from the request

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



    // Get the contents of the file

    $contents = $file->openFile()->fread($file->getSize());



    // Store the contents to the database

    $user = AppUser::find($id);

    $user->avatar = $contents;

    $user->save();

});

3. To fetch and ouput the avatar you can do the following:

Route::get('user/{id}/avatar', function ($id) {

    // Find the user

    $user = AppUser::find(1);



    // Return the image in the response with the correct MIME type

    return response()->make($user->avatar, 200, array(

        'Content-Type' => (new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME))->buffer($user->avatar)

    ));

});

NOTE: Please have this in your mind, MySQL isn't a suitable solution to store BLOB. You may need to use an object storage service like Amazon S3.

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

add a comment |

BLOB up to 64KB

MEDIUMBLOB up to 16MB

LONGBLOB up to 4GB

2. To store the uploaded image in the database you can do this:

Route::post('user/{id}', function (Request $request, $id) {

    // Get the file from the request

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



    // Get the contents of the file

    $contents = $file->openFile()->fread($file->getSize());



    // Store the contents to the database

    $user = AppUser::find($id);

    $user->avatar = $contents;

    $user->save();

});

3. To fetch and ouput the avatar you can do the following:

Route::get('user/{id}/avatar', function ($id) {

    // Find the user

    $user = AppUser::find(1);



    // Return the image in the response with the correct MIME type

    return response()->make($user->avatar, 200, array(

        'Content-Type' => (new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME))->buffer($user->avatar)

    ));

});

NOTE: Please have this in your mind, MySQL isn't a suitable solution to store BLOB. You may need to use an object storage service like Amazon S3.

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

BLOB up to 64KB

MEDIUMBLOB up to 16MB

LONGBLOB up to 4GB

2. To store the uploaded image in the database you can do this:

Route::post('user/{id}', function (Request $request, $id) {

    // Get the file from the request

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



    // Get the contents of the file

    $contents = $file->openFile()->fread($file->getSize());



    // Store the contents to the database

    $user = AppUser::find($id);

    $user->avatar = $contents;

    $user->save();

});

3. To fetch and ouput the avatar you can do the following:

Route::get('user/{id}/avatar', function ($id) {

    // Find the user

    $user = AppUser::find(1);



    // Return the image in the response with the correct MIME type

    return response()->make($user->avatar, 200, array(

        'Content-Type' => (new finfo(FILEINFO_MIME))->buffer($user->avatar)

    ));

});

NOTE: Please have this in your mind, MySQL isn't a suitable solution to store BLOB. You may need to use an object storage service like Amazon S3.

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

Nima Ghaedsharafi

153214

answered Jan 3 at 17:44

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