Call to a member function store() on null Laravel 8

When I click on save to update the data on my edit page, I get the following error.

call to a member function store() on null

public function update(User $user)
{
    $this->authorize('update', $user->profile);
    
    $data = request()->validate([
        'title' => 'required',
        'description' => 'required',
        'url' => 'url',
        'image' => '',
    ]);
    
    $imagePath = request('image')
        ->store('profile', 'public');
    $image = Image::make(public_path("storage/{$imagePath}"))
        ->fit(1000, 1000);
    $image->save();
    
    dd($data);
    
    auth()->user->profile->update(array_merge(
        ['image' => $imagePath]
    ));
    
    return redirect("/profile/{$user->id}");
}

Answer

As a result of $request->file(‘file’) is returning null, and you are trying to call a method on null, resulting in the exception.

Due to the way Laravel handles PUT and PATCH requests, you will need to send your request in a POST request, and supply _method with the value PUT in the header. This is what Laravel expects.

'image' => 'required'