ajax query to use fileupload and show uploaded file in image element in laravel code example
Example 1: file upload in php through ajax
**1. index.php**
<body>
<span id="msg" style="color:red"></span><br/>
<input type="file" id="photo"><br/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(document).on('change','#photo',function(){
var property = document.getElementById('photo').files[0];
var image_name = property.name;
var image_extension = image_name.split('.').pop().toLowerCase();
if(jQuery.inArray(image_extension,['gif','jpg','jpeg','']) == -1){
alert("Invalid image file");
}
var form_data = new FormData();
form_data.append("file",property);
$.ajax({
url:'upload.php',
method:'POST',
data:form_data,
contentType:false,
cache:false,
processData:false,
beforeSend:function(){
$('#msg').html('Loading......');
},
success:function(data){
console.log(data);
$('#msg').html(data);
}
});
});
});
</script>
</body>
**2.upload.php**
<?php
if($_FILES['file']['name'] != ''){
$test = explode('.', $_FILES['file']['name']);
$extension = end($test);
$name = rand(100,999).'.'.$extension;
$location = 'uploads/'.$name;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $location);
echo '<img src="'.$location.'" height="100" width="100" />';
}
Example 2: file upload in php through ajax
<?
$data = array();
if (isset($_FILES)) {
$error = false;
$files = array();
$uploaddir = $target_dir;
foreach ($_FILES as $file) {
if (move_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'], $uploaddir . basename( $file['name']))) {
$files[] = $uploaddir . $file['name'];
} else {
$error = true;
}
}
$data = ($error) ? array('error' => 'There was an error uploading your files') : array('files' => $files);
} else {
$data = array('success' => 'NO FILES ARE SENT','formData' => $_REQUEST);
}
echo json_encode($data);
?>