Photo Upload Helper for Laravel

This is a helper function that will help to upload a photo in Laravel. It will also help you to remove the previously uploaded file in case of an update or delete.

Installation

Add this file anywhere you like to place. You may want to put it in app/helper.php directory in a Laravel project. Then hit the command below to discover the file by the composer(dependency manager).

composer dump-autoload

Usage

// only for upload
if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
   $newFileName = uploadPhoto($request->file('image'), 'path/to/upload');
}

// upload with removing previous file (update or delete)
if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
   $newFileName = uploadPhoto($request->file('image'), 'path/to/upload', 'existing/path');
}

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update the tests as appropriate.