Laravel File Uploads

In this lesson, I will show you how to upload files, get uploaded files, delete files in laravel application. 

Link Storage:

php artisan storage:link

File upload form:

<form action="file-upload" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    @csrf
    <div>
        <input type="file" name="image" id="image">
    </div>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>

Upload file:

public function update(Request $request)
{
    $path = $request->file('image')->store('images', 'public');

    return $path;
}

Rename uploaded file:

$path = $request->file('image')->storeAs(
    'images', $request->user()->id
);

Upload with Storage Facade:

$path = Storage::putFile('images', $request->file('image'));

Upload with a name:

$path = Storage::putFileAs(
    'images', $request->file('image'), $request->user()->id
);

Specifying A Disk:

$path = $request->file('image')->store(
    'images/'.$request->user()->id, 's3'
);

 File Information:

$request->file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
$request->file('image')->extension();

Get file:

$url = Storage::url('filename.jpg');

Delete File:

Storage::delete('file.jpg');

Storage::delete(['file.jpg', 'file2.jpg']);