Laravel 11 Vue JS File Upload Example

Laravel 11 vue js file upload example; Through this tutorial, i am going to show you how to upload files, images and documents with vue js components in Laravel 11 apps.

Laravel 11 Vue JS File Upload with Axios Example

Use the below given steps to upload files into database and webserver folder using vue js in Laravel 11 apps:

  • Step 1: Install Laravel 11 App
  • Step 2: Configure App to Database
  • Step 3: Create Model And Migration
  • Step 4: NPM Configuration
  • Step 5: Add Routes
  • Step 6: Create Controller By Command
  • Step 7: Create Vue Component
  • Step 8: Register Vue App
  • Step 9: Run Development Server

Step 1: Install Laravel 11 App

Run the following command on command prompt to install laravel new fresh setup:

 composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog 

Step 2: Configure App to Database

Visit to your project .env file and set up database credential and move next step:

 DB_CONNECTION=mysql 
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 
 DB_PORT=3306 
 DB_DATABASE=here your database name here
 DB_USERNAME=here database username here
 DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

Step 3: Create Model And Migration

Run the following command on command prompt to create model and migration file:

php artisan make:model Photo -m

This command will create one model name photo.php and also create one migration file for the photos table.

Now open create_photos_table.php migration file from database>migrations and replace up() function with following code:

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreatePhotosTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('photos', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('title');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('photos');
    }
}

Run the following command on command prompt to migrate the table:

php artisan migrate

Step 4: NPM Configuration

Run the following command on command prompt to install Vue and install Vue dependencies using NPM:

php artisan preset vue

Install all Vue dependencies:

npm install

Step 5: Add Routes

Visit to routes folder and open web.php file and add the following routes into your file:

Route::get('upload_file', function () {
    return view('upload');
});
use App\Http\Controllers\FileUploadController;
Route::post('store_file', [FileUploadController::class, 'fileStore']);

Step 6: Create Controller By Command

Run the following command on command prompt to create a controller by an artisan:

php artisan make:controller FileUploadController

Visit toapp\Http\Controllers and open FileUploadController.php file. Then update the following code into your FileUploadController.php file:

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Use App\Models\Photo;
class FileUploadController extends Controller
{
    // function to store file in 'upload' folder
    public function fileStore(Request $request)
    {
        $upload_path = public_path('upload');
        $file_name = $request->file->getClientOriginalName();
        $generated_new_name = time() . '.' . $request->file->getClientOriginalExtension();
        $request->file->move($upload_path, $generated_new_name);
        
        $insert['title'] = $file_name;
        $check = Photo::insertGetId($insert);
        return response()->json(['success' => 'You have successfully uploaded "' . $file_name . '"']);
    }
}

Step 7: Create Vue Component

Visit to resources/assets/js/components folder and create a filed called FileUpload.vue.

And update the following code into your FileUpload.vue components file:

<template>
    <div class="container" style="margin-top: 50px;">
        <div class="text-center">
            <h4>File Upload with VueJS and Laravel</h4><br>
            <div style="max-width: 500px; margin: 0 auto;">
                <div v-if="success !== ''" class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
                    {{success}}
                </div>
                <form @submit="submitForm" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                    <div class="input-group">
                        <div class="custom-file">
                            <input type="file" name="filename" class="custom-file-input" id="inputFileUpload"
                                   v-on:change="onFileChange">
                            <label class="custom-file-label" for="inputFileUpload">Choose file</label>
                        </div>
                        <div class="input-group-append">
                            <input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" value="Upload">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <br>
                    <p class="text-danger font-weight-bold">{{filename}}</p>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
    export default {
        mounted() {
            console.log('Component successfully mounted.')
        },
        data() {
            return {
                filename: '',
                file: '',
                success: ''
            };
        },
        methods: {
            onFileChange(e) {
                //console.log(e.target.files[0]);
                this.filename = "Selected File: " + e.target.files[0].name;
                this.file = e.target.files[0];
            },
            submitForm(e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                let currentObj = this;
                const config = {
                    headers: {
                        'content-type': 'multipart/form-data',
                        'X-CSRF-TOKEN': document.querySelector('meta[name="csrf-token"]').content,
                    }
                }
                // form data
                let formData = new FormData();
                formData.append('file', this.file);
                // send upload request
                axios.post('/store_file', formData, config)
                    .then(function (response) {
                        currentObj.success = response.data.success;
                        currentObj.filename = "";
                    })
                    .catch(function (error) {
                        currentObj.output = error;
                    });
            }
        }
    }
</script>

Now open resources/assets/js/app.js and include the FileUpload.vue component like this:app.js

require('./bootstrap');
window.Vue = require('vue');
Vue.component('file-upload-component', require('./components/FileUpload.vue').default);
const app = new Vue({
    el: '#app',
});

Step 8: Register Vue App

Create a blade view file to define Vue’s app. Go to resources/views folder and make a file named upload.blade.php. Then update the following code into upload.blade.php as follow:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <title>File Upload with VueJS and Laravel - Laratutorials.com</title>
    <link href="{{asset('css/app.css')}}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="app">
    <file-upload-component></file-upload-component>
</div>
<script src="{{asset('js/app.js')}}"></script>
</body>
</html>

Step 9: Run Development Server

Run the following command on command prompt to start development server:

npm run dev
or 
npm run watch

Conclusion

Through this tutorial, you have learned how to upload files with vue js in laravel using axios request.

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