Laravel 9 Image Upload Tutorial With Example

We will see the Laravel 9 image upload tutorial with an example in this post. We can easily upload different types of images like .png, .gif, .jpg, .bmp, etc. using the Laravel 9 image upload. We will add the validation rules to only allow particular types of image formats in the Laravel. Let’s dive into it.

Step 1: Install Laravel 9

If you already have installed Laravel 9 on your local machine, you can skip this step. You can easily install the fresh version of Laravel 9 by running the below command in your terminal. You can give it any name but in this case, we will name it demo-app.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel demo-app

or use the following command to install the specific Laravel version

composer create-project laravel/laravel:^9.0 demo_app

Notes: To install Laravel 9 you need PHP 8.0. So make sure you have installed PHP 8.0 in your local WAMP, LAMP, MAMP, etc.

Step 2: Create Routes

We need to add two routes in routes/web.php file to perform the Laravel 9 image upload. The first GET route is to show the image upload form and another route for the POST method to store the image in Laravel.

routes/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\ImageUploadController;

Route::get('image-upload', [ ImageUploadController::class, 'getImageUploadForm' ])->name('get.imageupload');
Route::post('image-upload', [ ImageUploadController::class, 'store' ])->name('store.image');

Step 3: Create ImageUploadController

Let’s create a ImageUploadController and let’s add those two methods that we have added in the routes file getImageUploadForm() and store().

app/Http/Controllers/ImageUploadController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
class ImageUploadController extends Controller
{
    public function getImageUploadForm()
    {
        return view('image-upload');
    }
 
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'file' => 'required|mimes:png,gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp|max:2048',
        ]);
 
        $fileName = $request->file->getClientOriginalName();
        $filePath = 'uploads/' . $fileName;
 
        $path = Storage::disk('public')->put($filePath, file_get_contents($request->file));
        $path = Storage::disk('public')->url($path);
 
        // Perform the database operation here
 
        return back()
            ->with('success','Image has been successfully uploaded.');
    }
}

Step 4: Create Blade/HTML File

At last, we need to create a image-upload.blade.php file in the views folder and in this file, we will add the image upload form HTML.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>Laravel 9 Image Upload Tutorial With Example- ScratchCode.io</title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
   </head>
   <body>
      <div class="container">
         <div class="panel panel-primary">
            <div class="panel-heading mb-3 mt-5">
               <h2>Laravel 9 Image Upload Tutorial With Example</h2>
            </div>
            <div class="panel-body">
               @if ($message = Session::get('success'))
                   <div class="alert alert-success alert-block">
                      <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
                      <strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
                   </div>
               @endif
 
               @if (count($errors) > 0)
               <div class="alert alert-danger">
                  <strong>Whoops!</strong> There were some problems with your input.
                  <ul>
                     @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
                     <li>{{ $error }}</li>
                     @endforeach
                  </ul>
               </div>
               @endif
 
               <form action="{{ route('store.image') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                  @csrf
                  <div class="row">
                     <div class="mb-3 col-md-6">
                        <label class="form-label" for="inputEmail">Select Image:</label>
                        <input type="file" name="file" class="form-control"/>
                     </div>

                     <div class="col-md-12">
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">Upload Image...</button>
                     </div>
                  </div>
               </form>
            </div>
         </div>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Step 5: Output – Laravel 9 Image Upload Tutorial With Example

Hurray! We have completed all steps for the Laravel 9 image upload tutorial with example. Let’s run the below command and see how it’s working.

php artisan serve

After running the above command, open your browser and visit the site below URL:

http://localhost:8000/image-upload

laravel 9 image upload form tutorial with example

laravel 9 image upload form success message tutorial example

Notes: You can find the uploaded file in storage/app/public/uploads the directory. Please note that the storage public folder is publicly available so if you want to keep files private then use the “local” disk driver like Storage::disk('public')

uploaded image in laravel image upload tutorial output with example

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