File Upload & Delete helper function for Laravel
File Upload & Delete helper function for Laravel
Here is a quick helper function to upload the file in laravel application.
if (!function_exists('upload_file')) {
function upload_file($request, $name, $path)
{
// //handle file upload
if ($request->hasFile($name)) {
//Get file name with extension
$fileNameWithExt = $request->file($name)->getClientOriginalName();
//Get just filename
$fileName = pathinfo($fileNameWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
//Get just extension
$fileextension = $request->file($name)->getClientOriginalExtension();
$fileNameToStore = md5($fileName . '_' . time()) . '.' . $fileextension;
$pathToStore = $request->file($name)->storeAs('public/' . $path, $fileNameToStore);
return "storage/" . $path . $fileNameToStore;
}
}
}
Here,
$request
is the instance ofIlluminate\Http\Request
which contains all the request post informations.$name
is the identifier of the file to be uploaded. This is generally thename
value of the file input field.$path
is the writable directory to where the file should be uploaded.
That's it, add this function to the helper.php and use anywhere through out the laravel project.
Here is a function to delete the file
if (!function_exists('delete_file')) {
function delete_file($path)
{
File::delete($path);
}
}
Here
$path
is the path of the file to be deleted.
That's it. Thanks for reading. Happy Coding!