File upload error Call to a member function getClientOriginalExtension() on string

Question

Call to a member function getClientOriginalExtension() on string this error come when i run my code

public function store(Request $request){
    $file_ex=$request -> photo -> getClientOriginalExtension();

    $file_name = $file_ex.time();

    $path ='/images/users';
    
    $request -> photo ->move($path, $file_name);

where the problem

file uploade , find out why this not working

Answer 1

Okay, this is the answer, or what I made to solve this issue.

At first, make sure of 3 things:

1. Make sure that your form works with files.

in enctype="multipart/form-data" put it on form #tag like:

<form action="{{url('store')}}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

2. Make sure that your function in your controller works fine, like

$file = $request->photo;
$file_ex =$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$filename = time().rand(1,99).'.'.$file_ex;
$path ='images/users';
$file->move(public_path($path),$filename);

Okay, this works fine.

3. Handling our file system

go to config/filesystems.php

and scroll down until you will find  'disks' => [

In disks, you will find 'local' , 'public', and 's3' copy public and paste it on side 'public' and make some changes like:

At first, we will see

public :

'public' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
            'visibility' => 'public',
            'throw' => false,
        ],
        

1. Change the root, like 'root' => base_path().'/public/images/users', or you can put which path you want.

2: change the url, like 'url' => env('APP_URL').'/public', or you can specify which URL you want.   The code will be:

'users' => [
    'driver' => 'local',
    'root' => base_path().'/public/images/users',
    'url' => env('APP_URL').'/public',
    'visibility' => 'public',
    'throw' => false,
], 

Thank you for your assistance, If there are any issues, just ask.