Laravel：图片和视频未更新

Question

I am using Laravel 5.5, and I have problems to update images and videos. The thing here is that I have an index of my videos, these videos are being uploades to a folder (\\storage\\app\\public\\videos) this path has been linked whith the command:

php artisan storage:link

I have no problem storing any file, I use the following code on my controller:

$videoName = "".$request->user."_".$request->propiedad."_".$videoNumber.".mp4";

$request->video->storeAs('public/videos', $videoName);

As I said everything works fine, but if I try to update this file, I save it with the same name using the same code:

$request->video->storeAs('public/videos', $videoName);

And it saves when i check the folder, but the view displays the old video instead of the new one, i am not sure what is going on I have tried to clear cache but is not working.

Answer 1

Check if the file exist. if yes, then delete it and upload the new one.

$videoName = "".$request->user."_".$request->propiedad."_".$videoNumber.".mp4";

if(Storage::exists('public/videos' . $videoName)) {
    Storage::delete('public/videos' . $videoName);
}

// Save the video
$request->video->storeAs('public/videos', $videoName);

Deleting a file

Checking if the file exists