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# Laravel 8 Image Upload Tutorial

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## Laravel 8 Image Upload Tutorial

Laravel 8 image upload with validation tutorial. In this post, i will show how to image upload with validation in laravel 8.

In this post example, i will create image upload form in laravel. As well as validate image before upload to database and directory in laravel 8.

### How to Image Upload in Laravel 8

Simple steps to image upload in laravel 8 app:

* Step 1 – Install **Laravel 8** 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 8 Image Upload with Validation App On Browser

#### Step 1 – Install 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 LaravelImageUpload
```

#### 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=mysqlDB\_HOST=127.0.0.1DB\_PORT=3306DB\_DATABASE=db nameDB\_USERNAME=db user nameDB\_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 8 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:\<?phpuse 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 ImagUploadController
```

The above command will create **ImagUploadController.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 ImagUploadController.php file and add the following code into it:\<?phpnamespace 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('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/upload directory: $path = $request->file('image')->store('uploads');

#### Step 6 – Create Blade File For Form

In step 6, create new blade view file that named image-upload.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 8\</title> \<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf\_token() }}"> \<link rel="stylesheet" href="[https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">\\](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 8 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 8 image upload application:

```
php artisan serve
```

#### Step 8 – Run Laravel 8 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**.

Laravel 8 image upload with validation app will look like in the following image:![](https://laratutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/laravel-image-upload-form-1024x359.png)![](https://laratutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/laravel-image-upload-with-validation-1024x344.png)