View or Download image on click of image/filename - laravel-5

Question

I followed a couple of tutorial about batch image upload using laravel but they all talk about displaying images as thumbnails which it is not what i want to achieve. I want to view stored image filenames and also a user be able to download the saved images.
Controller
class Controller_Name extends Controller {
//index
public function index() {
$variable = Model::all();
return view('your.view', compact('variable'));
}
//uploading images to DB
public function upload() {
// getting all of the post data
//$file = array('image' => Request::file('image'));
$file = Input::file('images');
//counting all selected images
$file_count = count($file);
$uploadcount = 0;
// setting up rules
foreach($file as $file) {
$rules = array('form' => 'required');
// doing the validation, passing post data, rules and the messages
$validator = Validator::make(array ('form'=>$file), $rules);
if ($validator->passes())
{
$destinationPath = 'path/to/upload/folder';
$filename = $file->getClientOriginalName();
$upload_success = $file->move($destinationPath, $filename);
$uploadcount ++;
$extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$entry = new Model;
$entry->format = $file->getClientMimeType();
$entry->filename = $filename;
$entry->save();
}
}
if($uploadcount == $file_count)
{
Session::flash('message', 'Uploaded successfully');
}
else {
return Redirect::to('your/view')->withInput()->withErrors($validator);
}
}
I have a table that display image names stored in db and now i want a corresponding image to show or be downloaded when a user clicks on it or view button.
<!-->displaying images filenames in tabular view<--><thead>
<tr>
<th >#</th>
<th >Image Name</th>
<th >File Format</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</thead><tbody>
#foreach( $variable_declared_in_download_function as $some_random_variable) <tr>
<td class="text-left">{{ asset('img/') }}></td> <td class="text-left">{{ $jan2017->format}}</td>
<td>buttons here (delete/download)</td>
</tr> #endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
#endsection
Anyone out there who can help?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Well this is close enough to what i wanted to achieve. I included a download button which picks the selected image and downloads it.
Here is the remodeled Controller
Use DB;
class controller_name extends controller{
//index function goes here
//created a new function to download images for viewing
public function download(){
$download=DB::table('table_name')->get();
return view('path.to.view',compact('download'));
And the route i used is this
Route::get('download', 'Controller_Name#download');
In my index.blade.php
this is how i changed the structuring
<td>
<a href="path/to/where/your/app/stores/uploaded/images{{$download->filename}}"
download = "{{$download->filename}}">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">View </button>
</a>
with that, i can now download and view the image saved in the DB.
Thanks to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlnackyPJPY