Laravel: Database is not storing my image but showing me only array

Question

I am new to Laravel. I have been trying to save an image to the database. Here is my controller method that I am trying for storing the image

    public function store(Request $request){
        //validation for form

        $validate= $request->validate([
            'name' => 'required|min:2|max:140',
            'position' => 'required|min:2|max:140',
            'salary' => 'required|min:2|max:140',
            'joining_date' => ''
        ]);


        //saving form

        if($validate){            
            $employee=new Employee;
            $employee->name =$request->input('name');
            $employee->company_name =$request->input('company_name');
            $employee->position =$request->input('position');
            $employee->salary =$request->input('salary');
            $employee->joining_date =$request->input('joining_date');
            $employee->user_id= auth()->user()->id;
            //image saveing method
            if($request->hasFile('image')){
                $image= $request->file('image');
                $filename = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
                Employee::make($image)->resize(300, 300)->save( public_path('/employee/images/' . $filename ) );

                $employee->image= $filename;

              }else{
                  return $request;
                  $employee->image= '';
              };

             $employee->save();

        //redirecting to Employee list
            return redirect('/employee/details')->with('success','Employee Added');
        }

I could save the form while there was no image and redirect it to the details page. but now when I try with the image, instead of saving it and redirecting to the details route, it returns me to the array of row of database like this:

{
  "_token": "FPHm9AKuEbRlqQnSgHhjPnCEKidi2xr0usgp7RoW",
  "name": "askfjlk",
  "company_name": "laksjsflkj",
  "position": "lkasjfkl",
  "salary": "35454",
  "joining_date": "4654-05-06",
  "image": "testing.png"
}

What did I do wrong here? please help me out this newb.

because you are returning the Request object from your Controller method .. this will cause it to return the inputs serialized as JSON ... apparently `$request->hasFile('image')` is false ... how are you sending this data? — lagbox, Dec 23 '19 at 18:49
if ` $request->hasFile('image')` is false how am I supposed to check if there is any image or not? I am using form to send the data and `return redirect('/employee/details')->with('success','Employee Added');` using this to redirect. i dont understand how am I returning JSON array. @Kamran — Zeed Tanue, Dec 23 '19 at 19:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 21:49

You are returning $request object and Laravel does automatic JSON response.

if ($request->hasFile('image')){
    // image storing logic which obviously is never started because expression above is false
} else {
    return $request; // There is your problem
    $employee->image= '';
};

You need to check why you are getting false on $request->hasFile('image').

Also, one tip because you are new to Laravel:

// When you are accessing to $request object you can use dynamic propertes:
$employee->company_name = $request->input('company_name');
// is the same as
$employee->company_name = $request->company_name;

You can check it there: Laravel docs in the section: Retrieving Input Via Dynamic Properties

Laravel: Database is not storing my image but showing me only array

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