Multiple file uploader in Laravel 6: "must be an instance of Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile, array given"

Question

What I have

I created a very simple multiple image uploader in Laravel 6. The code of the view and the controller are the following:

View:

<form action="{{ route('create') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    @csrf
    <input name="images[]" type="file" multiple="multiple" />
</form>

Controller:

function create(Request $request) {
    $this->validate($request, [
        'images.*' => 'image',
    ]);

    foreach($request->images as $image) {
        // $filename = 'IMG_1921.jpg'
        $filename = $image->getClientOriginalName();

        // $path = 'uploads/IMG_1921.jpg'
        $path = $image->storeAs('uploads', $filename);

        // $absolutePath = 'C:\htdocs\laravel-test\storage/uploads/IMG_1921.jpg'
        $absolutePath = sprintf('%s/%s', storage_path(), $path);

        // crash here
        // $data = getimagesize($absolutePath); 
    }

    return 'ok';
}

The problem

All works fine until I uncomment the line of the getimagesize($absolutePath) function. I also tried with filesize($absolutePath) and the same error is given:

Argument 1 passed to Facade\FlareClient\Context\RequestContext::Facade\FlareClient\Context{closure}() must be an instance of Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile, array given

I don't understand why this error is showed if getimagesize() doesn't use any UploadedFile object.

More information about the error:

dd($absolutePath) returns "C:\htdocs\laravel-test\storage/uploads/IMG_1921.jpg". gettype($absolutePath) returns string. — cespon
– cespon, Commented Sep 10, 2019 at 11:49

cespon · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-10 12:30:58Z

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I found the problem: the app folder is missed in the absolute path. It should be C:\htdocs\laravel-test\storage/app/uploads/IMG_1921.jpg instead C:\htdocs\laravel-test\storage/uploads/IMG_1921.jpg.

So, the solution is to add /app here:

$absolutePath = sprintf('%s/app/%s', storage_path(), $path);

answered Sep 10, 2019 at 12:30

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rkg · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-10 12:10:05Z

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Try doing this inside your foreach loop:

$data = getimagesize($image->photo->path());

answered Sep 10, 2019 at 12:10

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