If you are looking to implement Ajax image upload functionality with a preview feature in your Laravel 10 web application, then this tutorial is for you.
So, In this tutorial, you will learn how to upload an image using Ajax without refreshing the web page, and you will also be able to preview the uploaded image using jQuery.
Ajax Image Upload and Preview with Laravel 10
Steps to create Ajax image upload functionality with a preview feature in Laravel 10 apps.
- Step 1 – Setup New Laravel 10 Project
- Step 2 – Setup Database with Laravel App
- Step 3 – Create Model & Migration
- Step 4 – Add 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 – Setup New Laravel 10 Project
First of all, start your terminal to download or install Laravel 10 new setup. Run the following commands in it to install the new Laravel 10 app on your system:
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel LaravelImage
Step 2 – Setup Database with Laravel App
In this step, Configure your database with your apps. So, visit your app root directory and find .env file. Then configure database details as follows:
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 – Create 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 – Add Routes
In this step, Visit your routes directory and open web.php file in any text editor. And add the following routes into web.php route 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, execute the following command on terminal/command prompt/command line to create controller file for your laravel applications; is as follow:
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 10 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 10 - 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
Conclusion
By following this tutorial, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to implement Ajax image upload functionality with a preview feature in Laravel 10. This will allow you to provide a seamless and interactive user experience when uploading and previewing images in your web application.
