File upload not getting "stored" with record

I have a super basic file upload:

public static function form(Form $form): Form
    {
        return $form
            ->schema([
                Forms\Components\FileUpload::make('File Upload')
                    ->columnSpan('full')
                    ->preserveFilenames()
                    ->acceptedFileTypes(['image/png'])
                    ->maxSize(1024)
                    ->storeFileNamesIn('file_name')
                    ->enableDownload(),
                Forms\Components\TextArea::make('notes')
                    ->columnSpan('full')
                    ->rows(4)
                 ......
            ]);

    }

public static function form(Form $form): Form
    {
        return $form
            ->schema([
                Forms\Components\FileUpload::make('File Upload')
                    ->columnSpan('full')
                    ->preserveFilenames()
                    ->acceptedFileTypes(['image/png'])
                    ->maxSize(1024)
                    ->storeFileNamesIn('file_name')
                    ->enableDownload(),
                Forms\Components\TextArea::make('notes')
                    ->columnSpan('full')
                    ->rows(4)
                 ......
            ]);

    }

I can successfully upload an image, see it in the file system (storage folder), get no console or PHP errors etc. but when I save, then refresh the page, the file preview is gone, as if the file was never uploaded, or like I'm looking at a blank/new record. This is probably something really obvious, but what am I missing here? Is there some special database field (other than file_name) that I need to have configured? (Also, my APP_URL is definitely configured correctly). Or do I need the Spatie plugin to preserve image previews?

5 Replies

toeknee•2y ago

Are you casting it to array in your model as per the docs?

benshawukOP•2y ago

Thanks for responding. I thought that was referring to when multiple uploads are allowed? Either way, it still doesn't work. "If you're saving the file URLs using Eloquent"... How else would I be saving them?

benshawukOP•2y ago

It's writing to the DB field, but still nothing displays when I refresh the page..

Patrick Boivin•2y ago

Hi @benshawuk, I'm not sure, this is just a shot in the dark... I've never used storeFileNamesIn(), I've always just used the column name in make() and customized the label:

    Forms\Components\FileUpload::make('main_image_upload')
        ->label('Main image upload')
        ->columnSpanFull(),

    Forms\Components\FileUpload::make('main_image_upload')
        ->label('Main image upload')
        ->columnSpanFull(),

The other thing that comes to mind is php artisan storage:link, I often forget on new projects... Did you run that?

benshawukOP•2y ago

Ah yeah, that was it! Doh! I knew it would be something simple (like me being an idiot and naming the form component without any relation to the database). Thank you!

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