Ajax image upload and preview with laravel 9; In this tutorial, we will learn how to upload images using jQuery ajax with preview in laravel 9 apps.
Ajax Image Upload and Preview with Laravel 9
Use the following steps and upload an image using ajax with preview in laravel 9 applications:
- Step 1 – Download Laravel 9 Application
- Step 2 – Configure Database With App
- Step 3 – Build Model & Migration
- Step 4 – Create Routes
- Step 5 – Generate Controller By Artisan Command
- Step 6 – Create Ajax Image Upload Form
- Step 7 – Create Images Directory inside Storage/app/public
- Step 8 – Run Development Server
Step 1 – Download Laravel 9 Application
First of all, download or install laravel 9 new setup. So, open terminal and type the following command to install new laravel 9 app into your machine:
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel LaravelImage
Step 2 – Configure Database with App
In this step, setup database with your downloded/installed laravel app. So, you need to find .env file and setup database details as following:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=database-name DB_USERNAME=database-user-name DB_PASSWORD=database-password
Step 3 – Build Model & Migration
In this step, open again your command prompt. And run the following command on it. To create model and migration file for form:
php artisan make:model Photo -m
After that, open create_photos_table.php file inside LaravelImage/database/migrations/ directory. And the update the function up() with following code:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('photos', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('name');
$table->string('path');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
Then, open again command prompt and run the following command to create tables into database:
php artisan migrate
Step 4 – Create Routes
In this step, open web.php file from routes direcotry. And update the following routes into web.php file:
use App\Http\Controllers\AjaxUploadController;
Route::get('image-preview', [AjaxUploadController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('upload', [AjaxUploadController::class, 'store']);
Step 5 – Generate Controller By Artisan Command
In this step, run the following command on command prompt to create controller file:
php artisan make:controller AjaxUploadController
After that, go to app/http/controllers and open AjaxUploadController.php file. And update the following code into it:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Photo;
class AjaxUploadController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('image-upload-preview-form');
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
$validatedData = $request->validate([
'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg|max:2048',
]);
$name = $request->file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
$path = $request->file('image')->store('public/images');
$save = new Photo;
$save->name = $name;
$save->path = $path;
$save->save();
return response()->json($path);
}
}
The following line of code will upload an image into the images directory:
$path = $request->file('image')->store('public/images');
Step 6 – Create Ajax Image Upload Form
Now, create ajax image upload with preview form in blade view file to displa image preview before upload upload to database and folder.
So, Go to resources/views and create image-upload-preview-form.blade.php and update the following code into it:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 9 Ajax Image Upload With Preview - Tutsmake.com</title>
<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container mt-4">
<h2 class="text-center">Image Upload with Preview using jQuery Ajax in Laravel 9 - Tutsmake.com</h2>
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="image-upload" action="javascript:void(0)" >
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="file" name="image" placeholder="Choose image" id="image">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12 mb-2">
<img id="preview-image-before-upload" src="https://www.riobeauty.co.uk/images/product_image_not_found.gif"
alt="preview image" style="max-height: 250px;">
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function (e) {
$.ajaxSetup({
headers: {
'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
}
});
$('#image').change(function(){
let reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = (e) => {
$('#preview-image-before-upload').attr('src', e.target.result);
}
reader.readAsDataURL(this.files[0]);
});
$('#image-upload').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData(this);
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url: "{{ url('upload')}}",
data: formData,
cache:false,
contentType: false,
processData: false,
success: (data) => {
this.reset();
alert('Image has been uploaded using jQuery ajax successfully');
},
error: function(data){
console.log(data);
}
});
});
});
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Step 7 – Create Images Directory inside Storage/app/public
Now, create images directory inside storage/app/public directory. Because the following line of code will upload an image into the images directory, which is located inside storage/app/public/ directory.
Step 8 – Run Development Server
Last step, open command prompt and run the following command to start developement server:
php artisan serve
Then open your browser and hit the following url on it:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/image-preview
