Multiple file upload and location store using laravel

Question

I have an app which stores music from user. User can upload multiple files at once. But while adding this code, the database and the controller only uploads the first file, discarding other files. I need to solve this problem. Any solutions?

UploadController.php

 public function store(Request $request)
{
    //This is a complex way to store user id. If any easy way, then help me.
    $curruser = auth()->user();
    $userid = $curruser->id;
    $songs = $request->file('songs');
    $paths = [];

    if(!empty($songs)){
        foreach ($songs as $song){
            $filename = $song->getClientOriginalName();
            $filesize = $song->getSize();
            $extension = $song->getClientOriginalExtension();
            $paths[] = $song->storeAs('songs',$filename);

            $path = new MusicUpload(array(
                'user_id' => $userid,
                'filename' => $filename,
                'extension' => $extension,
                'filesize' => $filesize,
            ));

            $path->save();
            $paths[] = $path;

            return redirect('/fileupload')->with('success','Uploaded successfully');

        }
    }
}

And also I cannot store the location of the file in the mysql server. Any ideas to do that also. Thanks

Answer 1

Use this

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $input = $request->all();
    $rules = array(
        'songs.*' => 'required|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,doc,docx,pdf,mp4,mov,ogg,qt',  //etc
    );
    $validator = Validator::make($input, $rules);
    if ($validator->fails()) {
        $arr = array("status" => 400, "message" => $validator->errors()->first(), "data" => array());
    } else {
        try {
            $datas = [];
            $result = [];
            if ($request->hasfile('songs')) {
                foreach ($request->file('songs') as $key => $file) {
                   
                    $name = $file->getClientOriginalName();
                    $extension = $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
                    $filesize = $file->getSize();
                    $input['songs'] = time() .uniqid().'.' . $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
                    $file->move(public_path() . '/images', $input['songs']);  // your file path
                    $datas[$key] = $name;
                    $datas[$key] = $extension;
                    $datas[$key] = $filesize;
            
                    $file = new MusicUpload();
                    foreach ($datas as $data) {
                        $file->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
                        $file->filename = $name;
                        $file->extension = $extension;
                        $file->filesize = $filesize;
                        $file->save();
                    }
                }
            }
            $arr = array("status" => 200, "message" => "success", "data" => $output);
        } catch (\Exception $ex) {
            if (isset($ex->errorInfo[2])) {
                $msg = $ex->errorInfo[2];
            } else {
                $msg = $ex->getMessage();
            }
            $arr = array("status" => 400, "message" => $msg, "data" => array());
        }
    }
    return \Response::json($arr);
}

Answer 2

Just return the redirection after foreach loop has completed.

public function store(Request $request)
{
    //This is a complex way to store user id. If any easy way, then help me.
    $curruser = auth()->user();
    $userid = $curruser->id;
    $songs = $request->file('songs');
    $paths = [];

if(!empty($songs)){
    foreach ($songs as $song){
        $filename = $song->getClientOriginalName();
        $filesize = $song->getSize();
        $extension = $song->getClientOriginalExtension();
        $paths[] = $song->storeAs('songs',$filename);

        $path = new MusicUpload(array(
            'user_id' => $userid,
            'filename' => $filename,
            'extension' => $extension,
            'filesize' => $filesize,
        ));

        $path->save();
        $paths[] = $path;

    }
    return redirect('/fileupload')->with('success','Uploaded successfully');
  }
}