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To store an image with Laravel, you can follow these steps:
- Create a file input in your HTML form to allow users to upload an image.
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<form action="/upload-image" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="image">
<button type="submit">Upload Image</button>
</form>
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- Create a route in your routes/web.php file to handle the image upload.
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use AppHttpControllersImageController;
Route::post('/upload-image', [ImageController::class, 'store']);
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- Create a controller to handle the image upload logic.
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php artisan make:controller ImageController
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- In your ImageController, write the store method to store the image in the storage/app/public directory.
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use IlluminateSupportFacadesStorage;
public function store(Request $request)
{
$image = $request->file('image');
$imageName = $image->getClientOriginalName();
Storage::putFileAs('public', $image, $imageName);
return "Image uploaded successfully!";
}
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- Update your filesystems.php configuration file to link the public disk to the storage/app/public directory.
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'public' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
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- create a symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public.
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php artisan storage:link
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- Access the stored image using the following URL:
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<img src="{{ asset('storage/' . $imageName) }}" alt="Image">
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By following these steps, you can easily upload and store an image with Laravel.
