Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload with Preview

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload with Preview and its application with practical example.

In this Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload with Preview, I’ll show you how to upload image along with preview before upload in laravel 9. In this laravel 9 multiple image upload example, I’ll show you how to validate upload image into folder and then save it into database. In this tutorial before saving image into database we will show preview of the images and then save it into directory. Before uploading the image we will display preview of the image. After successfully image upload into the database and folder we will display success message on the screen.

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Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload with Preview

In this step by step Laravel 9 Multiple Image Upload with Preview tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to upload multiple image in laravel 9 with preview. I’ll also show you how to upload multiple image in laravel 9 with preview. Please follow the steps given below:

Install Laravel 9
Database Configuration

Build Photo Model & Migration
Create Routes
Generate Controller using Artisan Command

Create Blade View
Start Development Server
Start App on Browser

Install Laravel 9

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 9 using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel lara9blog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel lara9blog

Configure Database

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=lara9blog
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=lara9blog

DB_USERNAME=root

DB_PASSWORD=

Create Model & Migration

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

php artisan make:model Photo -m

1	php artisan make:model Photo -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('photos', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->id();
        $table->string('title');
        $table->string('path');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

public function up()

{

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

$table->id();

$table->string('title');

$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 photos 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\UploadMultipleImageController;
 
Route::get('upload-multiple-image-preview', [UploadImagesController::class, 'index']);
 
Route::post('upload-multiple-image-preview', [UploadImagesController::class, 'store']);

use App\Http\Controllers\UploadMultipleImageController;

Route::get('upload-multiple-image-preview', [UploadImagesController::class, 'index']);

Route::post('upload-multiple-image-preview', [UploadImagesController::class, 'store']);

Create Controller By Artisan Command

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

php artisan make:controller UploadMultipleImageController

1	php artisan make:controller UploadMultipleImageController

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

app/Http/Controllers/UploadMultipleImageController.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Photo;
class UploadImagesController extends Controller
{
   public function index()
    {
        return view('images-upload-form');
    }
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
         
        $validateImageData = $request->validate([
        'images' => 'required',
            'images.*' => 'mimes:jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg'
        ]);
        if($request->hasfile('images'))
         {
            foreach($request->file('images') as $key => $file)
            {
                $path = $file->store('public/images');
                $name = $file->getClientOriginalName();
                $insert[$key]['title'] = $name;
                $insert[$key]['path'] = $path;
            }
         }
        Photo::insert($insert);
 
        return redirect('upload-multiple-image-preview')->with('status', 'All Images has been uploaded successfully');
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Models\Photo;

class UploadImagesController extends Controller

{

public function index()

{

return view('images-upload-form');

}

public function store(Request $request)

{

$validateImageData = $request->validate([

'images' => 'required',

'images.*' => 'mimes:jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg'

]);

if($request->hasfile('images'))

{

foreach($request->file('images') as $key => $file)

{

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

$name = $file->getClientOriginalName();

$insert[$key]['title'] = $name;

$insert[$key]['path'] = $path;

}

Photo::insert($insert);

return redirect('upload-multiple-image-preview')->with('status', 'All Images has been uploaded successfully');

}

Create Blade View

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

resources/views/images-upload-form.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 9 Upload Multiple Image With Preview using jQuery</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-5">
@if(session('status'))
<div class="alert alert-success">
{{ session('status') }}
</div>
@endif
<style>
.images-preview-div img
{
padding: 10px;
max-width: 100px;
}
</style>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header text-center font-weight-bold">
<h2>Laravel 9 Upload Multiple Image With Preview</h2>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form name="images-upload-form" method="POST"  action="{{ url('upload-multiple-image-preview') }}" accept-charset="utf-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
@csrf
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="file" name="images[]" id="images" placeholder="Choose images" multiple >
</div>
@error('images')
<div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="mt-1 text-center">
<div class="images-preview-div"> </div>
</div>  
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>     
</form>
</div>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
<script >
$(function() {
// Multiple images preview with JavaScript
var previewImages = function(input, imgPreviewPlaceholder) {
if (input.files) {
var filesAmount = input.files.length;
for (i = 0; i < filesAmount; i++) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
$($.parseHTML('<img>')).attr('src', event.target.result).appendTo(imgPreviewPlaceholder);
}
reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[i]);
}
}
};
$('#images').on('change', function() {
previewImages(this, 'div.images-preview-div');
});
});
</script>
</div>  
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 9 Upload Multiple Image With Preview using jQuery</title>

</head>

<body>

@if(session('status'))

</div>

@endif

<style>

.images-preview-div img

{

padding: 10px;

max-width: 100px;

}

</style>

<h2>Laravel 9 Upload Multiple Image With Preview</h2>

</div>

@csrf

</div>

@error('images')

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

@enderror

</div>

</div>

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

</div>

</form>

</div>

$(function() {

// Multiple images preview with JavaScript

var previewImages = function(input, imgPreviewPlaceholder) {

if (input.files) {

var filesAmount = input.files.length;

for (i = 0; i < filesAmount; i++) {

var reader = new FileReader();

reader.onload = function(event) {

$($.parseHTML('<img>')).attr('src', event.target.result).appendTo(imgPreviewPlaceholder);

}

reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[i]);

}

};

$('#images').on('change', function() {

previewImages(this, 'div.images-preview-div');

});

</script>

</div>

</body>

</html>

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/upload-multiple-image-preview

1	http://localhost:8000/upload-multiple-image-preview

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