In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 8 CKeditor Image Upload Tutorial Example and its application with practical example.
In this Laravel 8 CKeditor Image Upload Tutorial I will show you how to install and use CKeditor with image upload in laravel. In this tutorial, you will learn to install CKeditor with image upload in laravel. In this step by step guide you how to integrate CKeditor editor with image upload in laravel. Integration of CKeditor editor in laravel form is simple process. I will also show you how to integrate or enable image upload in CKeditor editor.
- Laravel 8 CKeditor Image Upload Tutorial Example
- Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App
- Step 2 – Install CKEditor In Laravel
- Step 3 – Register CKEditor package in Laravel
- Step 4 – Publish the Ckeditor package by command
- Step 5 – Add Route
- Step 6 – Create Controller Using Artisan Command
- Step 7 – Create Blade View
- Step 8 – Upload and Insert Image in laravel using CKEditor
While creating forms we come to situation where we may text editor field so that we can insert and save html and other text into database. The CKeditor editor is feature rich wysiwyg html editor allows us to integrate text editor fields in html form.
Laravel 8 CKeditor Image Upload Tutorial Example
In this laravel 8 CKeditor with image upload integration example I will guide you through step by step to install and use CKeditor editor with image upload in laravel 8 application. Please follow the instruction given below:
Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App
Step 2 – Install CKEditor Package in Laravel
Step 3 – Register CKEditor package in Laravel
Step 4 – Publish the Ckeditor package by command
Step 5 – Add Route
Step 6 – Create Controller Using Artisan Command
Step 7 – Create Blade View
Step 8 – upload and Insert Image in laravel using CKEditor
Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App
First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 8 using the below command
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composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Blog |
Step 2 – Install CKEditor In Laravel
In this step, we will install CKEditor Package via the composer dependency manager. Use the following command to install CKEditor Package.
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composer require unisharp/laravel-ckeditor |
Step 3 – Register CKEditor package in Laravel
Now, we will register the package in laravel. Go to config/app.php and put the following line to the providers array.
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Unisharp\Ckeditor\ServiceProvider::class, |
Step 4 – Publish the Ckeditor package by command
Now run following command to copy some of the files and folders from ‘vendor\unisharp\laravel-ckeditor’ to ‘public\vendor\unisharp\laravel-ckeditor’.
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php artisan vendor:publish --tag=ckeditor |
Step 5 – Add Route
After this, we need to define routes in “routes/web.php” file. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add the following routes in it.
routes/web.php
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use App\Http\Controllers\CkeditorController; Route::get('ckeditor', [CkeditorController::class, 'index']); |
Step 6 – Create Controller Using Artisan Command
Now, lets create a controller named CkeditorController using command given below –
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php artisan make:controller CkeditorController |
After successfully run the above command and create a controller file. Next open your controller and put the below code into your file.
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<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Validator,Redirect,Response; class CkeditorController extends Controller { public function index() { return view('ckeditor'); } } |
Step 7 – Create Blade View
Now we go resource/views and create a file name ckeditor.blade.php. After this we will create a blade file now put the following code in it:
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Install and Use CKEditor in Laravel with Image Upload</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"> <meta name="description" content=""> <meta name="author" content=""> <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}"> <!--Bootsrap 4 CDN--> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous"> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <div class="container-fluid"> <textarea class="form-control" id="description" name="description"></textarea> </div> <script src="{{ asset('vendor/unisharp/laravel-ckeditor/ckeditor.js') }}"></script> <script> CKEDITOR.replace( 'description' ); </script> </body> </html> |
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<script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.13.1/standard/ckeditor.js"></script> |
Step 8 – Upload and Insert Image in laravel using CKEditor
Now we have to enable image upload option in ckeditor as following:
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<script> CKEDITOR.replace( 'description', { filebrowserUploadUrl: "{{route('upload', ['_token' => csrf_token() ])}}", filebrowserUploadMethod: 'form' }); </script> |
Now we will create a route for upload the image in laravel using CKEditor. Open route/web.php file and add the following route into it:
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Route::post('ckeditor/image_upload', [CkeditorController::class, 'upload'])->name('upload'); |
Next, open your terminal and run the below command:
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php artisan storage:link |
Next, we will put the below method in our controller. This method will store the image or files in the server and return the image URL.
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public function upload(Request $request) { if($request->hasFile('upload')) { //get filename with extension $filenamewithextension = $request->file('upload')->getClientOriginalName(); //get filename without extension $filename = pathinfo($filenamewithextension, PATHINFO_FILENAME); //get file extension $extension = $request->file('upload')->getClientOriginalExtension(); //filename to store $filenametostore = $filename.'_'.time().'.'.$extension; //Upload File $request->file('upload')->storeAs('public/uploads', $filenametostore); $CKEditorFuncNum = $request->input('CKEditorFuncNum'); $url = asset('storage/uploads/'.$filenametostore); $msg = 'Image successfully uploaded'; $re = "<script>window.parent.CKEDITOR.tools.callFunction($CKEditorFuncNum, '$url', '$msg')</script>"; // Render HTML output @header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); echo $re; } } |