laravel-simple-file-handling.php

<?php
/**********************************************************************
** The following will store the image name only.
**********************************************************************/
/**
* Storing images
* The input field name is 'image' here, you can change with yours
*/
public function store(Request $request) {
	$product = new Product;
	if($request->has('image')) {
	    $image = $request->file('image');
	    $image_name = time() . '_' . rand(100, 999) . '_' . $image->getClientOriginalName();
	    $image->move(public_path('uploads/images'), $image_name);
	    $product->image = $image_name;
	}
}


/**
* Updating image and deleting the exisint one
* The input field name is 'image' here, you can change with yours
*/
public function update(Request $request, Product $product) {
	if($request->has('image')) {
		if($product->image) {
		    $upload_path = 'uploads/images/';
		    File::delete($upload_path . $product->image);
		}
		$image = $request->file('image');
		$image_name = time() . '_' . rand(100, 999) . '_' . $image->getClientOriginalName();
		$image->move(public_path('uploads/images'), $image_name);
		$product->image = $image_name;
	}
}



/**********************************************************************
** The following will store the image name and upload path in the db
**********************************************************************/
/**
* Storing images
* The input field name is 'image' here, you can change with yours
*/
public function store(Request $request) {
	$product = new Product;
	if($request->has('image')) {
        $image = $request->file('image');
        $path = 'uploads/images';
        $image_name = time() . '_' . rand(100, 999) . '_' . $image->getClientOriginalName();
        $image->move(public_path($path), $image_name);
        $product->image = $path . '/' . $image_name;
    }
}


/**
* Updating image and deleting the exisint one
* The input field name is 'image' here, you can change with yours
*/
public function update(Request $request, Product $product) {
	if($request->has('image')) {
        if($product->image) {
            File::delete($product->image);
        }

        $image = $request->file('image');
        $path = 'uploads/images';
        $image_name = time() . '_' . rand(100, 999) . '_' . $image->getClientOriginalName();
        $image->move(public_path($path), $image_name);
        $product->image = $path . '/' . $image_name;
    }
}