Image does not displayed - How to display an image perhaps dynamically - laravel

Question

I would like to display an employee picture using the url as shown below which I think should work but not. However it does work with the second url which is static. why is this happening?
This the first url that does not work
<img id="message" src="{{url('/profile_picture/' . $employee->picture)}}" style="width: 150px;"/>
This is the second url that does work
<img id="message" src="{{url('/profile_picture/20220615232745.jpg')}}" style="width: 150px;"/>
To save a picture I use the following method
public function ProfileStore(Request $request)
{
$data = User::find(Auth::user()->id);
$data->name =$request->name;
$data->email =$request->email;
if ($request->file('picture')) {
$file = $request->file('picture');
$filename = date('YmdHis') . "." . $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$file->move('profile_picture/', $filename);
$data['picture'] = " $filename";
}
$data->save();
return redirect()->route('profile.index');
}
The route
Route::post('/people/employees/profiles/store', [ProfileController::class, 'ProfileStore'])->name('profile.store');
Route::get('/people/employees/profiles/edit/{id}', [ProfileController::class, 'ProfileEdit'])->name('profile.edit');
My edit method
public function ProfileEdit()
{
$id = Auth::user()->id;
$employee = User::find($id);
return view('fms.people.employee.profiles.profile_edit')->with('employee',$employee);
}

Answer 1

in you profilestore function, when setting the $filename to $data['picture'], you have extra space before it.Remove that space and try again. For ex:
if ($request->file('picture')) {
$file = $request->file('picture');
$filename = date('YmdHis') . "." . $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$file->move('profile_picture/', $filename);
$data['picture'] = "$filename";
}