Laravel 8 File Upload Tutorial Example

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 8 File Upload Tutorial Example and its application with practical example.

In this Laravel 8 file upload example tutorial, I’ll show you how to upload files in laravel 8 application with validation. I’ll show you how to validate upload file into folder and then save it into database. In this tutorial before saving file into database we will validate file and then save it into directory using.

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Laravel 8 File Upload Tutorial Example
Install Laravel 8

.env file

In this step by step tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to upload file in laravel 8 with validation. I’ll also show you how to upload pdf, txt, csv, excel, doc files in laravel 8 application. Please follow the steps given below:

Download Laravel 8 Application

Database Configuration
Build File Model & Migration
Create Routes

Build Upload Controller By Artisan Command
Create File Upload Form
Create Directory inside Storage/app/public

Run Development Server

Install Laravel 8

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 8 using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel lara8blog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel lara8blog

Configure Database In .env file

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

.env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=lara8blog
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=lara8blog

DB_USERNAME=root

DB_PASSWORD=

Create Model & Migration

Now, we have to define table schema for files table. Open terminal and let’s run the following command to generate a migration along with model file to create files table in our database.

php artisan make:model File -m

1	php artisan make:model File -m

Once this command is executed you will find a migration file created under “database/migrations”. lets open migration file and put following code in it –

public function up()
{
    Schema::create('files', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('name');
        $table->string('path');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

public function up()

{

Schema::create('files', function (Blueprint $table) {

$table->id();

$table->string('name');

$table->string('path');

$table->timestamps();

});

}

Now, run following command to migrate database schema.

php artisan migrate

1	php artisan migrate

After, the migration executed successfully the files table will be created in database.

Create Routes

After this, we need to add following routes in “routes/web.php” file along with a resource route. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add following route.

routes/web.php

use App\Http\Controllers\FileUploadController;
 
Route::get('file-upload', [FileUploadController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('store', [FileUploadController::class, 'store']);

use App\Http\Controllers\FileUploadController;

Route::get('file-upload', [FileUploadController::class, 'index']);

Route::post('store', [FileUploadController::class, 'store']);

Create Controller By Artisan Command

Now, lets create a controller for simple file uploading. Create a controller named FileUploadController using command given below –

php artisan make:controller FileUploadController

1	php artisan make:controller FileUploadController

Once the above command executed, it will create a controller file FileUploadController.php in app/Http/Controllers/ directory. Open the FileUploadController.php file and put the following code in it.

app/Http/Controllers/FileUploadController.php

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\File;
 
class FileUploadController extends Controller
{
     public function index()
    {
        return view('file-upload');
    }
 
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
         
        $validatedData = $request->validate([
         'file' => 'required|csv,txt,xlx,xls,pdf|max:2048',
 
        ]);
 
        $name = $request->file('file')->getClientOriginalName();
 
        $path = $request->file('file')->store('public/files');
 
 
        $save = new File;
 
        $save->name = $name;
        $save->path = $path;
 
        return redirect('file-upload')->with('status', 'File Has been uploaded successfully in laravel 8');
 
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Models\File;

class FileUploadController extends Controller

{

public function index()

{

return view('file-upload');

}

public function store(Request $request)

{

$validatedData = $request->validate([

'file' => 'required|csv,txt,xlx,xls,pdf|max:2048',

]);

$name = $request->file('file')->getClientOriginalName();

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

$save = new File;

$save->name = $name;

$save->path = $path;

return redirect('file-upload')->with('status', 'File Has been uploaded successfully in laravel 8');

}

Note:- Before uploading any file make sure you have created following directory in the storage/app/public folder called files.

Create File Upload Form

In this step, we will create view/blade file to generate and display file Upload Form. Lets create a blade file “file-upload.blade.php” in “resources/views/” directory and put the following code in it respectively.

resources/views/file-upload.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Laravel 8 File Upload Example</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">
 
  <h2 class="text-center">File Upload in Laravel 8</h2>
 
      <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="upload-file" action="{{ url('store') }}" >
                 
          <div class="row">
 
              <div class="col-md-12">
                  <div class="form-group">
                      <input type="file" name="file" placeholder="Choose file" id="file">
                        @error('file')
                        <div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div>
                        @enderror
                  </div>
              </div>
                 
              <div class="col-md-12">
                  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>
              </div>
          </div>     
      </form>
</div>
 
</div>  
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 8 File Upload Example</title>

</head>

<body>

<h2 class="text-center">File Upload in Laravel 8</h2>

@error('file')

<div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div>

@enderror

</div>

<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>

</div>

</form>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Create Directory inside Storage/app/public

Before uploading any file make sure you have created following directory in the storage/app/public folder called files.

$path = $request-&gt;file('file')-&gt;store('public/files');

1	$path = $request->file('file')->store('public/files');

Run Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

php artisan serve

1	php artisan serve

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

http://localhost:8000/file-upload

1	http://localhost:8000/file-upload

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