I have a file upload method for a single image working properly, using the following code:
$file = $request->file('file'); if ($file && $file->isValid()) { $photo['size'] = $request->file('file')->getClientSize(); $path = $request->file('file')->store($request->subdomain); $path = explode('/', $path); $photo['file'] = $path[1]; $photo['cover'] = 1; $photo['gallery'] = $newGallery->id; $photo['uploaded_by'] = $user->id; Photo::create($photo); }
$file
is an instance of UploadedFile
here, and the store()
method works perfectly.
However, I needed to change the method to allow multiple files to be uploaded. The following adapted code nets the following error:
$photos = $request->files->all(); foreach($photos as $photo) { foreach($photo as $p) { if($p->isValid()) { $path = $p->store($request->subdomain); $path = explode('/', $path); $newPhoto = [ 'uploaded_by' => $user->id, 'file' => $path[1], 'size' => $p->getClientSize(), 'gallery' => $request->gallery, 'subdomain' => $request->subdomain, ]; Photo::create($requestData); } } }
Call to undefined method SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationFileUploadedFile::store()
$p
‘s dd
output:
UploadedFile {#28 ▼ -test: false -originalName: "Untitled.png" -mimeType: "image/png" -size: 18030 -error: 0 path: "/tmp" filename: "phpBDSWCR" basename: "phpBDSWCR" pathname: "/tmp/phpBDSWCR" extension: "" realPath: "/tmp/phpBDSWCR" aTime: 2017-09-19 20:19:57 mTime: 2017-09-19 20:19:57 cTime: 2017-09-19 20:19:57 inode: 3014878 size: 18030 perms: 0100600 owner: 1000 group: 1000 type: "file" writable: true readable: true executable: false file: true dir: false link: false }
Which is pretty strange, as Laravel should be using IlluminateHttpUploadedFile
that has the proper store()
method (docs) against Symfony’s class that doesn’t have that method (docs)
Also, using Symfony’s move()
is way worse, as store()
already saves the file with a generated filename and the extension, so I don’t have to bother generating a random filename and guessing the extension, as it’s not very reliable.
Bottom line is: why is it behaving like that, and how can I make it use the proper class instance?
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Answer
You can only use the store method you’re using on a request instance.
Maybe you could try doing something like this
foreach($photo as $index => $p) { $request->file('files')[$index]->store(); }