Laravel 11 Image Upload Example Tutorial

Image file upload with validation in Laravel 11; In this tutorial guide, i am going to show you how to upload image with validation in Laravel 11.

How to Image Upload in Laravel 11 Apps

Let’s use the below given simple steps to upload image in Laravel 11 apps:

• Step 1 – Install Laravel 11 Application
• Step 2 – Configuring Database Details
• Step 3 – Create Model & Migration File For Image Upload
• Step 4 – Create Image Upload Routes
• Step 5 – Creating Image Upload Controller
• Step 6 – Create Blade File For Image Upload Form
• Step 7 – Start Development Server
• Step 8 – Run Laravel 11 Image Upload with Validation App On Browser

Step 1 – Install Laravel 11 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 latest application using the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel LaravelImageUpload

Step 2 – Configuring Database Details

In step 2, open your downloaded laravel 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 – Create Model & Migration File For Image Upload

In step 3, open command prompt and navigate to your project by using the following command:

cd / LaravelImageUpload

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 image upload tutorial app, which is located inside the following locations:

• LaravelImageUpload/app/Models/Image.php
• LaravelImageUpload/database/migrations/create_images_table.php

So, find create_images_table.php file inside LaravelImageUpload/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 Image Upload 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\ImageUploadController;


/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 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('image', [ImageUploadController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('upload', [ImageUploadController::class, 'upload']);

Step 5 – Creating Image Upload Controller

In step 5, create image upload controller by using the following command:

php artisan make:controller ImageUploadController

The above command will create ImageUploadController.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 ImageUploadController.php file and add the following code into it:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Image;

class ImageUploadController extends Controller
{
     public function index()
    {
        return view('image-upload');
    }

    public function upload(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/uploads');


        $save = new Image;

        $save->name = $name;
        $save->path = $path;

        $save->save();

        return redirect('image')->with('status', 'Image Has been uploaded successfully with validation in laravel');

    }
}

The following single line of code will upload image inside storage/app/public/uploads directory:

        $path = $request->file('image')->store('public/uploads');

Step 6 – Create Blade File For Form

In step 6, create new blade view file that named image-upload.blade.php inside resources/views directory for image upload form.

The following code display error message in laravel image upload forms. So do not forget to add the following code along laravel forms fields:

          @error('name')
              <div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div>
          @enderror

Don’t worry i have already added the validation error message display code along with each form fields.

So, you can add the following php and html form code into image-upload.blade.php:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>How to Image Upload in Laravel 11</title>
	<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">

	<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">

</head>
<body>

<div class="container mt-4">

  @if(session('status'))
    <div class="alert alert-success">
        {{ session('status') }}
    </div>
  @endif

  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-header text-center font-weight-bold">
      <h2>Laravel 11 Image Upload Tutorial</h2>
    </div>
    <div class="card-body">
      <form name="image-upload" id="image-upload" method="post" action="{{url('upload')}}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
       @csrf

        <div class="form-group">
          <label for="exampleInputEmail1">Please Select Image</label>
          <input type="file" id="image" name="image" class="@error('image') is-invalid @enderror form-control">
          @error('image')
              <div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div>
          @enderror
        </div>

        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
      </form>
    </div>
  </div>
  
</div>	
</body>
</html>

Step 7 – Start Development Server

Finally, open your command prompt again and run the following command to start development server for your Laravel 11 image upload application:

php artisan serve

Step 8 – Run Laravel 11 Image Upload with Validation App On Browser

In step 8, open your browser and fire the following url into your browser:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/image

Note that, in this example, the image will be upload on the following path – storage/app/uploads.

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