laravel-file-input

Laravel bootstrap file input support., _(*1)

Handeling chunked uploads., _(*2)

1. Installation

Require the package using composer:, _(*3)

composer require mobilemaster/laravel-file-input

Add the service provider to the providers in config/app.php:, _(*4)

Laravel 5.5 uses Package Auto-Discovery, so doesn't require you to manually add the ServiceProvider, _(*5)
```
MobileMaster\LaravelFileInput\ServiceProvider::class,
```

Publish the public assets:, _(*6)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MobileMaster\LaravelFileInput\ServiceProvider" --tag=assets

Configuration, _(*7)

First, publish the configuration file:, _(*8)
```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MobileMaster\LaravelFileInput\ServiceProvider" --tag=config
```
Now, edit config/fileinput.php to configure the lang., _(*9)

2. Updating

To update this package, first update the composer package:, _(*10)
```
composer update mobilemaster/laravel-file-input
```

Then, publish the public assets with the --force flag to overwrite existing files, _(*11)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MobileMaster\LaravelFileInput\ServiceProvider" --tag=assets --force

3. Sending files

There are 2 ways to send files with this plugin., _(*12)

1. Simple File Input builder

To use the builder for creating send form you can use this function:, _(*13)

echo FileInput::make([
    'uploadUrl' => 'upload',
]);

Note: The options given to the make function are found on in the file input documentation., _(*14)

2. Extended File Input builder

echo FileInput::init([
    'uploadUrl' => 'upload',
])->withSuffix('current')->createHtml();

4. Receiving files

Use this controller to receive a file on the url /upload., _(*15)

public function imageFileUpload(Request $request)
{
    $path = $request->file('file_data')->store('uploads');
    return [
        'error' => NULL,
        'path' => $path,
    ];
}