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Laravel: Store function doesnot save my file name to database but stores file to folder

I want to store file in public folder and save that’s name to MySQL database, database does not create record for file_name column.

When I post file then file moves to folder but database does not create record of file name, please help.

  • This is my controller store function

       $request->validate([
    "title"=>"required",
    "description"=>"required|string",
    "file_name"=>"nullable"
   ]);
   if($request->has('file')){
    $file=$request->file('file');
    $extension=$file->getClientOriginalExtension();

    $fileName=time().'.'.$extension;
    $path='postFiles';
    $file->move($path,$fileName);
   }

   $post=Post::create([
    'title'=> $request->title,
    'description'=> $request->description,
    'file_name'=>$fileName,
    'user_id'=>auth()->user()->id
   ]);
   $post->save();

  • this is database record

    id title   description   user_id  file_name   created_at           updated_at 

1  title:  34636sdfg...  2        NULL          2024-04-16 09:06:41  2024-04-16 09:06:41
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  1. 0

    if ($request->hasFile(‘file_name’))

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  2. 0

    The issue seems to be related to the file name being saved to the database. The variable $fileName is only defined conditionally when a file is uploaded. If no file is uploaded, $fileName will not be set, and an attempt to use it in the Post::create() method will result in an error.

    Here’s a revised version of your code to ensure that the file name is saved to the database only when a file is uploaded: I have added code to this image.

    1. $fileName is initialized to null before checking if a file is uploaded.

    2. We use public_path(‘postFiles’) to specify the path to the postFiles directory inside the public folder.

    3. We conditionally add the file_name key to the $postData array only if a file was uploaded.

    This should resolve the issue you’re facing with storing the file name in the database.

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  3. 0

    From my experience, you need to use the hasFile() method on the request object

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