How to store multiple images paths into database in laravel? - laravel-5

Question

I am working on multiple image upload in laravel. Uploading is successful but, i got an issue. For later use i should store in database. For single column it easy but for different column for different images i couldnot do it.
Here is my image upload code
$images = [];
$destDir = "public/uploads/";
if($request->file('image1')) $images[]=$request->file('image1');
if($request->file('image2')) $images[]=$request->file('image2');
if($request->file('image3')) $images[]=$request->file('image3');
foreach($images as $image)
{
if(!empty($image))
{
$imageName = $image->getClientOriginalName();
$extension = $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$temPath = $image->getRealPath();
$enImg = mt_rand(1111,9999).".".$extension;
$newPath = $destDir.$enImg.".".$extension;
move_uploaded_file($temPath, $newPath);
}
}

Answer 1

I have a feeling you are approaching this in a way that is making it more difficult for you. Instead of creating multiple separate file inputs in your form you can only set a multiple file input and set the name of the input to an array like so:
<form action="demo_form.asp">
Images: <input type="file" name="images[]" multiple>
<input type="submit">
</form>
Then in your php you can do something like this:
if (isset($request->all()['images'])) {
$this->persistUserImages($request->all()['images'], $userId);
}
/**
* Persists user images to storage and DB
*
* #param array $userImages
* #param int $userId
* #return array
*/
private function persistUserImages(array $userImages, $userId = 1)
{
if (empty($userImages)) {
return [];
}
$uploadedUserImagesFilenames = $this->uploadUserImagesToCloud($userImages, $userId);
foreach ($uploadedUserImagesFilenames as $filename) {
$userImage = new UserImage([
'user_id' => $userId,
'filename' => $filename,
'visible' => 1
]);
$userImage->save();
}
}

Answer 2

You can do like this this. In your blade,
<form action="{{url('path')}}" methos="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Images: <input type="file" name="images[]" multiple>
<input type="submit">
</form>
In you method,
public function store(Request $request){
foreach ( $request->images as $image) {
Model::create([
'image_url' => $image,
]);
}
}
Or
follow below link. It's very easy way to solve this problem.
Multiple Image Upload In Laravel
Hope you can solved your problem.

Answer 3

create a pivot table and store images in separate rows..
Table schema:- `images` table
columns `id`,`user_id`(foreign key),`image_path`
store your $newPath in this table every time..