Laravel 8 ajax image upload tutorial. In this post, i will share with you how to upload image using ajax in laravel 8 with jQuery validation.
In this example tutorial, i will build ajax image upload form in laravel 8 and upload image using ajax with jQuery validation on client side. As well as i validate image mime type, size etc before upload to database and laravel directory on server side.
Using this post, you can simply upload image using ajax with jQuery validation in laravel 8 without reload page.
Laravel Ajax Image Upload with jQuery Validation Tutorial
Simple steps to ajax image upload in laravel 8 app with jQuery validation:
- Step 1 – Installing Laravel 8 Application
- Step 2 – Configuring Database Details
- Step 3 – Creating Model & Migration
- Step 4 – Create Routes
- Step 5 – Creating Ajax Image Upload Controller
- Step 6 – Creating Ajax Image Upload Blade View
- Step 7 – Implementing jQuery validation Code
- Step 8 – Start Development Server
- Step 9 – Run Laravel 8 Ajax Image Upload App On Browser
Step 1 – Installing Laravel 8 Application
In step 1, open your terminal and navigate to your local web server directory using the following command:
//for windows user cd xampp/htdocs //for ubuntu user cd var/www/html
Then install laravel 8 latest application using the following command:
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel LaravelAjaxImageUpload
Step 2 – Configuring Database Details
In step 2, open your downloaded laravel 8 app into any text editor. Then find .env file and configure database detail like following:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=db name DB_USERNAME=db user name DB_PASSWORD=db password
Step 3 – Creating Model & Migration
In step 3, open command prompt and navigate to your project by using the following command:
cd / LaravelAjaxImageUpload
Then create model and migration file by using the following command:
php artisan make:model Image -m
The above command will create two files into your laravel 8 image upload tutorial app, which is located inside the following locations:
- LaravelAjaxImageUpload/app/Models/Image.php
- LaravelAjaxImageUpload/database/migrations/create_images_table.php
So, find create_images_table.php file inside LaravelAjaxImageUpload/database/migrations/ directory. Then open this file and add the following code into function up() on this file:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('images', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('name');
$table->string('path');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
Now, open again your terminal and type the following command on cmd to create tables into your selected database:
php artisan migrate
Step 4 – Create Routes
In step 4, open your web.php file, which is located inside routes directory. Then add the following routes into web.php file:
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\AjaxImageUploadController;
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
Route::get('ajax-image-upload', [AjaxImageUploadController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('upload-image', [AjaxImageUploadController::class, 'ajaxUpload']);
Step 5 – Creating Ajax Image Upload Controller
In step 5, create image upload controller by using the following command:
php artisan make:controller AjaxImageUploadController
The above command will create AjaxImageUploadController.php file, which is located inside LaravelImageUpload/app/Http/Controllers/ directory.
The following laravel validation rules will validate image file before upload/save into database:
$validatedData = $request->validate([
'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg|max:2048',
]);
So open AjaxImageUploadController.php file and add the following code into it:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Image;
class AjaxImageUploadController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('ajax-image-upload');
}
public function ajaxUpload(Request $request)
{
$validatedData = $request->validate([
'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg|max:2048',
]);
$name = $request->file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
$path = $request->file('image')->store('public/images');
$save = new Image;
$save->name = $name;
$save->path = $path;
$save->save();
return response()->json($path);
}
}
The following single line of code will upload image inside storage/app/public/images directory:
$path = $request->file('image')->store('public/images');
Step 6 – Creating Ajax Image Upload Blade View
In step 6, create new blade view file that named ajax-image-upload.php inside resources/views directory for image upload form.
Note that, the following ajax code will upload image on laravel controller:
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url: "{{ url('upload-image')}}",
data: data,
cache:false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
success: (data) => {
$('#submit').html('Submit');
$("#submit"). attr("disabled", false);
alert('Ajax form has been submitted successfully');
this.reset();
},
error: function(data){
console.log(data);
}
});
Don’t worry i have already added this code into ajax-image-upload.blade.php file.
So, you can add the following php and html form code into ajax-image-upload.blade.php:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 8 Ajax Image Uploading Tutorial</title>
<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-validate/1.19.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<style>
.error{
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-4">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header text-center font-weight-bold">
<h2>Laravel 8 Ajax Image Upload Example</h2>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="ajax-image-upload" action="javascript:void(0)" >
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="file" name="dimage" placeholder="Choose image" id="dimage">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ajax-image-upload").validate({
rules: {
dimage:{
required: true,
//accept:"jpg,png,jpeg,gif"
}
},
messages: {
dimage:{
required: 'Please select the image!',
//accept: "Only image type jpg/png/jpeg/gif is allowed"
},
},
errorElement : 'div',
errorLabelContainer: '.errorTxt',
submitHandler: function(form) {
$.ajaxSetup({
headers: {
'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
}
});
$('#submit').html('Please Wait...');
$("#submit"). attr("disabled", true);
var data = new FormData(form);
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url: "{{ url('upload-image')}}",
data: data,
cache:false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
success: (data) => {
$('#submit').html('Submit');
$("#submit"). attr("disabled", false);
alert('Image has been uploaded using ajax with jQuery successfully');
this.reset();
},
error: function(data){
console.log(data);
}
});
}
});
});
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Step 7 – Implementing jQuery validation Code
The following jQuery code will display error message in laravel ajax image upload forms if upload invalid image. So do not forget to add the following code along laravel forms fields:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ajax-image-upload").validate({
rules: {
dimage:{
required: true,
// accept:"jpg,png,jpeg,gif"
}
},
messages: {
dimage:{
required: 'Please select the image!',
//accept: "Only image type jpg/png/jpeg/gif is allowed"
},
},
});
});
The above jquery validation error message display code along with each form fields. Don’t worry i have already added this code into ajax-image-upload.blade.php file.
Step 8 – Start Development Server
Finally, open your command prompt again and run the following command to start development server for your laravel 8 ajax image upload with jquery validation application:
php artisan serve
Step 9 – Run Laravel 8 ajax Image Upload with Validation App On Browser
In step 9, open your browser and fire the following url into your browser:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/ajax-image-upload
Note that, in this example, the image will be upload on the following path – storage/app/public/images.
Laravel 8 ajax image upload with jquery validation app will look like in the following image:
