Upload photo in Laravel - laravel

Question

Laravel file upload gives the user error when trying to upload images
Get error: local.ERROR: Driver [] is not supported.
How to fix its problem?
public function channelAvatar(Request $request, Channel $channel)
{
// validate
$this->validate($request, [
'photo' => ['required', 'image', Rule::dimensions()->minWidth(250)->minHeight(250)->ratio(1 / 1)],
]);
// fill variables
$filename = time() . str_random(16) . '.png';
$image = Image::make($request->file('photo')->getRealPath());
$folder = 'channels/avatars';
// crop it
$image = $image->resize(250, 250);
// optimize it
$image->encode('png', 60);
// upload it
Storage::put($folder.'/'.$filename, $image->__toString());
$imageAddress = $this->webAddress() . $folder . '/' . $filename;
// delete the old avatar
Storage::delete('channels/avatars/' . str_after($channel->avatar, 'channels/avatars/'));
// update channel's avatar
$channel->update([
'avatar' => $imageAddress,
]);
$this->putChannelInTheCache($channel);
return $imageAddress;
}
Uploading locally or to FTP still gives the same error.

Answer 1

Whenever you use a Storage option without a specific disk, Laravel uses the default driver. It seems like you have specified local as default driver but you do not have it configured.
As per your config/filesystem.php you have :
'ftp' => [
'driver' => 'ftp',
'host' => env('FTP_HOST', 'test.something.net'),
'username' => env('FTP_USERNAME', 'someusername'),
'password' => env('FTP_PASSWORD', '*******'),
],
So you need to specify this as a default driver. You can do that by adding :
FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=ftp inside the .env file.
And then inside the 'config/filesystem.php` add following :
'default' => env('FILESYSTEM_DRIVER', 'local'),
Now whenever you do Storage::something() it will use default driver. (Something you will have local as the default one`
You can also specify it if you would like :
Storage::disk('ftp')->something() But if your all storage operations use one disk then better specify as default.