Laravel, upload image errors - image

Question

I know, that there are many many cases about this theme already, but I looked them through, and could not find desired. Also I noticed that not a lot of the users got their answer.
I am working with Laravel5, and I'm trying to upload a picture. Simple upload, just save any picture in public/img folder.
I have looked up some tutorials and came up with this code:
View form:
<form action="{{URL::to('adminPanel/addImg/done/'.$projectId)}}" method="get" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="image" type="file" />
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Ielādēt"/>
</form>
And the controller code:
public function addImageDone($id) {
$file = Input::file('image');
$destinationPath = public_path().'/img/';
$filename = $id;
$file->move($destinationPath);
}
I keep getting this error :
Call to a member function move() on a non-object
And I am sure, that the chosen file is image.
I would appreciate any help
So its done, the main issue was the POST part! Also the file format, but here are the correct code, that adds the image:
form:
<form method="POST" action="{!! URL::to('adminPanel/addImg/done/'.$projectId) !!}" accept-charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}"> //this part is to make POST method work
<input name="image" type="file" />
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Ielādēt"/>
</form>
controller:
public function addImageDone($id) {
$file = Input::file('image');
$destinationPath = public_path().'/img/';
$file->move($destinationPath, $id.'.png');
}

Answer 1

I don't know if you are using Laravel 4.2 or 5.0. But..
I recommend you to use illuminate/html - Form class. Try to use POST instead GET to upload files (https://stackoverflow.com/a/15210810/781251, http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.1.1 , http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.post-method.php , http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php)
If Laravel 4.2:
View:
{{ Form::open(['url'=>'adminPanel/addImg/done' . $projectId , 'files' => true , 'method' => 'POST']) }}
<label for="file">File</label>
{{ Form::file('file') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
Controller:
public function postImage()
{
if( ( $file = Input::file('file') ) != null && $file->isValid() )
{
$file->move('destination','my_file_new_name.extension');
return Redirect::back();
}
throw new \Exception('Error while upload file');
}
Laravel 5.0
View:
{!! Form::open(['url'=>'adminPanel/addImg/done' . $projectId , 'files' => true , 'method' => 'POST']) !!}
<label for="file">File</label>
{!! Form::file('file') !!}
{!! Form::close() !!}
Controller:
public function upload(Request $request)
{
if( ( $file = $request->file('file') ) != null && $file->isValid() )
{
$file->move('destination','my_file_new_name.extension');
return redirect()->back();
}
throw new \Exception('Error while upload file');
}
To create a file with a new name and keep the extension:
$ext = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$newName = str_random(20) . '.' . $ext;
$file->move( storage_path('images') , $newName );
Now, you have a new name with the same extension. To validate if your file is an image or..whatever, use Validator.

Answer 2

Try this
<form method="POST" action="{!! URL::to('adminPanel/addImg/done/'.$projectId) !!}" accept-charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="image" type="file" />
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Ielādēt"/>
</form>
And get the image as
public function postImage(Request $request) {
$image = $request->file("image");