Laravel 6 Multiple Image Upload Example Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will explain to you how to upload multiple images in Laravel Framework (Laravel 6 Multiple Image Upload Example Tutorial).
In this example, we will upload the multiple file or images with the validation in the folder. so you can follow the below step for multiple image upload in laravel 6.

Overview

Step 1: Install Laravel
Step 2: Setting Database Configuration
Step 3: Create Table using migration
Step 4: Create Route
Step 5: Create a Model and Controller
Step 6: Create Blade Files
Step 7: Run The Application

Step 1: Install Laravel

We are going to install laravel 6, so first open the command prompt or terminal and go to go to xampp htdocs folder directory using the command prompt. after then run the below command.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel larave6_multiple_image

Step 2: Setting Database Configuration

After the complete installation of laravel. we have to database configuration. now we will open the .env file and change the database name, username, password in the .env file. See below changes in a .env file.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=Enter_Your_Database_Name(laravel6_multiple_image)
DB_USERNAME=Enter_Your_Database_Username(root)
DB_PASSWORD=Enter_Your_Database_Password(root)

Step 3: Create Table using migration

Now, We need to create a migration. so we will below command using create the images table migration.

php artisan make:migration create_images_table --create=images

After complete migration. we need below changes in the database/migrations/create_images_table file.

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateImagesTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('images', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('image');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('images');
    }
}
?>

Run the below command. after the changes above file.

php artisan migrate

Step 4: Create Route

Add the following route code in the “routes/web.php” file.

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/

// Route::get('/', function () {
    // return view('welcome');
// });

Route::get('multiple-image', 'ImageController@index');
Route::post('multiple-image', 'ImageController@store');
?>

Step 5: Create a Model and Controller

Here below command help to create the controller and model.

php artisan make:controller ImageController --resource --model=Image

Image.php

<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Image extends Model
{
    protected $fillable = [
        'image'
    ];
}
?>

ImageController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Image;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ImageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        return view('image');
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
                'images' => 'required',
                'images.*' => 'mimes:jpeg,jpg,gif,png'
        ]);
		
		$images=array();
		if($files=$request->file('images')){
			foreach($files as $file){
				$name=$file->getClientOriginalName();
				$file->move('image',$name);
				$images[]=$name;
				Image::insert( ['image'=> $name]);
			}
		}
        return back()->with('success', 'Successfully Save Your Image file');
    }

    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\Image  $image
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show(Image $image)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\Image  $image
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function edit(Image $image)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \App\Image  $image
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function update(Request $request, Image $image)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param  \App\Image  $image
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function destroy(Image $image)
    {
        //
    }
}

Step 6: Create Blade Files

So finally, first we will create the image.blade.php files in “resources/views” directory.

image.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Laravel 6 Multiple Image Upload Example Tutorial - XpertPhp</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  @if ($message = Session::get('success'))
        <div class="alert alert-success">
            <p>{{ $message }}</p>
        </div>
    @endif
  <form action="{{url('multiple-image')}}" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
   <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="<?php echo csrf_token(); ?>">
    <div class="form-group">
      <label for="images">Choose Multiple Image:</label>
      <input required type="file" class="form-control" id="images" name="images[]" multiple>
    </div>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
  </form>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Step 7: Run The Application

We can start the server and run this application using the below command.

php artisan serve

Now we will run our example using the below Url in the browser.

http://127.0.0.1:8000/multiple-image