How to add picture to database with laravel - mysql

Question

I am creating Laravel 7 project and I want to add/browse images into/from MySQL database.
The images column names are icon_lg and icon_sm
This is my create function in the Controller I tried it in two ways as I saw in some tutorials:
public function create(Request $request)
{
$object = $this->objectModel::create([
'name' => $request->name,
'icon_sm' => $request->icon_sm
]);
if($request->hasFile('icon_lg')) {
$images = explode(',', $request->hasFile('icon_lg'));
foreach($images as $image)
$filename = rand().'.'.$image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filePath = public_path("images");
$image->move($filePath, $filename);
return Image::create([
'icon_lg' => $filename,
//'item_id' => $created->id,
]);
}
if ($request->save == 'browse')
return redirect()->route("{$this->objectName}");
elseif ($request->save == 'edit')
return redirect()->route("{$this->objectName}.edit", ['id' => $object]);
elseif ($request->save == 'add')
return redirect()->route("{$this->objectName}.add");
else
return redirect($request->previous_url);
}
It does nothing with icon_lg it inserts null value to it.
And it deals with icon_sm as String.

Answer 1

i think you must set the hasfile validation inside foreach loop like
$images = explode(',', $request->hasFile('icon_lg'));
foreach($images as $image)
if($request->hasFile('icon_lg')) {
$filename = rand().'.'.$image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filePath = public_path("images");
$image->move($filePath, $filename);
return Image::create([
'icon_lg' => $filename,
//'item_id' => $created->id,
]);
}
just test it without validation first
it should work