Creating a file uploader

There may be times when we'd like the user to upload a file to our server. This recipe shows how Laravel can handle file uploads through a web form.

Getting ready

To create a file uploader, we need a standard version of Laravel installed.

How to do it...

To complete this recipe, follow these steps:

1. Create a route in our routes.php file to hold the form:

   Route::get('fileform', function()
   {
       return View::make('fileform');
   });

2. Create the fileform.php View in our app/views directory:

   <h1>File Upload</h1>
   <?= Form::open(array('files' => TRUE)) ?>
   <?= Form::label('myfile', 'My File') ?>
   <br>
   <?= Form::file('myfile') ?>
   <br>
   <?= Form::submit('Send it!') ?>
   <?= Form::close() ?>

3. Create a route to upload and save the file:

   Route::post('fileform', function()
   {
       $file = Input::file('myfile');
       $ext = $file->guessExtension();
       if ($file->move('files', 'newfilename.' . $ext))
       {
           return 'Success';
       ...