Laravel 11 File Upload in Storage Directory
Uploading file in laravel 11 needs to follow some steps. After that, file should be available inside public directory. This article will give guideline how to upload file inside public directory from laravel 11 framework. Let's get started
- Here we will follow some steps. Those are
- Install Laravel 11 Fresh Project
- Install and Create Bootstrap 5 Blade
- Create Necessary Routes
- Create Necessary Controller
Install Laravel 11 Fresh Project
Before starting work we will have to install laravel 11 project. Using below command laravel 11 project will be installed
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel11-fileupload
Create Necessary Routes
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\FileUploadController;
Route::get('/upload', [FileUploadController::class, 'showForm'])->name('upload.form');
Route::post('/upload', [FileUploadController::class, 'uploadFile'])->name('upload.file');Create FileUploadController
php artisan make:controller FileUploadController
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class FileUploadController extends Controller
{
public function showForm()
{
return view('welcome');
}
public function uploadFile(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'file' => 'required|mimes:jpg,jpeg,png,gif,pdf|max:2048', // Restrict file types & size
]);
if ($request->file('file')) {
$file = $request->file('file');
$fileName = time() . '_' . $file->getClientOriginalName();
$file->move(public_path('uploads/images'), $fileName); // Save to public/uploads
return back()->with('success', 'File uploaded successfully!')->with('file', $fileName);
}
return back()->with('error', 'Please select a file.');
}
}Create Blade File Upload.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Laravel 11 File Upload</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center vh-100 bg-light">
<div class="card p-4 shadow-sm" style="width: 600px;">
<h2 class="h5 mb-3 text-center">Upload a File</h2>
@if(session('success'))
<div class="alert alert-success">{{ session('success') }}</div>
<p>Uploaded File: <a href="{{ asset('uploads/' . session('file')) }}" target="_blank">{{ session('file') }}</a></p>
@endif
@if(session('error'))
<div class="alert alert-danger">{{ session('error') }}</div>
@endif
<form action="{{ route('upload.file') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
@csrf
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="file" class="form-label">Choose a file</label>
<input class="form-control" type="file" id="file" name="file" required>
@error('file')
<small class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</small>
@enderror
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary w-100">Upload</button>
</form>
</div>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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Run Project and Upload File
php artisan serve
This will serve and start project on http://127.0.0.1:8000; After that visit routes /upload and try to upload image file. As we have added public directory uploads/images, so images will be uploaded inside uploads/images/ directory
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