Image upload for posts

Author: jacurtis

.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 Homestead.yaml
 Homestead.json
 .env
+public/images
+storage/
+.DS_Store

app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use App\Category;
 use Session;
 use Purifier;
+use Image;
 
 class PostController extends Controller
 {
@@ -65,6 +66,15 @@ public function store(Request $request)
         $post->category_id = $request->category_id;
         $post->body = Purifier::clean($request->body);
 
+        if ($request->hasFile('featured_img')) {
+          $image = $request->file('featured_img');
+          $filename = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
+          $location = public_path('images/' . $filename);
+          Image::make($image)->resize(800, 400)->save($location);
+
+          $post->image = $filename;
+        }
+
         $post->save();
 
         $post->tags()->sync($request->tags, false);

composer.json

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
         "php": ">=5.5.9",
         "laravel/framework": "5.2.*",
         "laravelcollective/html": "5.2.*",
-        "mews/purifier": "^2.0"
+        "mews/purifier": "^2.0",
+        "intervention/image": "^2.3"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",

composer.lock

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
 
+        Intervention\Image\ImageServiceProvider::class,
+
     ],
 
     /*
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@
         'Form'      => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
         'Html'      => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
         'Purifier'  => Mews\Purifier\Facades\Purifier::class,
+        'Image'     => Intervention\Image\Facades\Image::class
     ],
 
 ];

config/app.php

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AddImageColToPosts extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->string('image')->nullable()->after('slug');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::table('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('image');
+        });
+    }
+}

database/migrations/2016_08_15_000718_add_image_col_to_posts.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 	<div class="row">
 		<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
+			<img src="{{asset('/images/' . $post->image)}}" width="800" height="400" />
 			<h1>{{ $post->title }}</h1>
 			<p>{!! $post->body !!}</p>
 			<hr>
@@ -25,13 +26,13 @@
 							<h4>{{ $comment->name }}</h4>
 							<p class="author-time">{{ date('F nS, Y - g:iA' ,strtotime($comment->created_at)) }}</p>
 						</div>
-						
+
 					</div>
 
 					<div class="comment-content">
 						{{ $comment->comment }}
 					</div>
-					
+
 				</div>
 			@endforeach
 		</div>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 	<div class="row">
 		<div id="comment-form" class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2" style="margin-top: 50px;">
 			{{ Form::open(['route' => ['comments.store', $post->id], 'method' => 'POST']) }}
-				
+
 				<div class="row">
 					<div class="col-md-6">
 						{{ Form::label('name', "Name:") }}
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 
-@endsection
+@endsection

resources/views/blog/single.blade.php

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 		<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
 			<h1>Create New Post</h1>
 			<hr>
-
-			{!! Form::open(array('route' => 'posts.store', 'data-parsley-validate' => '')) !!}
+			{!! Form::open(array('route' => 'posts.store', 'data-parsley-validate' => '', 'files' => true)) !!}
 				{{ Form::label('title', 'Title:') }}
 				{{ Form::text('title', null, array('class' => 'form-control', 'required' => '', 'maxlength' => '255')) }}
 
@@ -49,7 +48,8 @@
 
 				</select>
 
-
+				{{ Form::label('featured_img', 'Upload a Featured Image') }}
+				{{ Form::file('featured_img') }}
 
 				{{ Form::label('body', "Post Body:") }}
 				{{ Form::textarea('body', null, array('class' => 'form-control')) }}