$request->has('photo') returns false when uploading a file.

[MikeAlhayek]

• Laravel Version: v5.3.31
• PHP Version: 5.6.24
• Database Driver & Version: N/A

Description:

When I check to see if a request has an uploaded file, the method request->has('photo'); returns false even when the request has a file.

I created a form with few inputs. One of the inputs, allows uploading file. In the method that handles the request, I did this following

dd($request->all(), $request->has('photo'));

The first output shows 'photo' but the second output returns false. Here is a screenshot.

Not sure if this is a bug or intended to work this way. But this is what I have done instead

$file = Input::file('photo');

if( $file && $file->isValid() )
{
    .....
}

[caiquecastro]

Try $request->hasFile('photo')

[anturibit]

Im doing the same $request->hasFile('video') and sending it with header multipart/formdata using postman, if return video it looks like: "video": {} wich means indeed is receiving the data, but if i return return $request->hasFile('video') it returns false

even if i use postman the result is the same

[caiquecastro]

You should read the docs: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/requests#files

[pradeep2011]

not working your code

[srmklive]

First read the docs. The correct method to do this is" $request->hasFile('photo').

[haratmalli]

$request->hasFile('photo')...i m doing the same but same it returns false.

[haratmalli]

Make sure enctype="multipart/form-data" is there is your forn

[Burak-Ozcan-1]

thank you you are right

enctype I misspelled a letter
form action="{{route('settings.Update',['id' => $settings->id])}}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"

[lcardosozago]

I have the same problem... $request->hasFile('file') returning false

[haratmalli]

Make sure enctype="multipart/form-data" is there is your forn

[jonaswebdev]

Maybe can be the "PHP max upload file size", I had this here ;)

[nanyKuzola]

i'm getting the same error

[haratmalli]

Make sure enctype="multipart/form-data" is there is your forn

[joscript]

getting the same error $request->hasFile('file') returning false

[haratmalli]

Make sure enctype="multipart/form-data" is there is your forn

[sarvaiyaakshay]

error $request->hasFile('file') returni

apply enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute in form tag

[rjruiz-dev]

Tengo el mismo error he cambiado el tamaño maximo a 2mb, incluso verificando dd($request-> hasFile ('user_photo'));
y devuelve false
alguna sugerencia?

[zerobity]

Igual, tengo configurado 20mb y no puedo cargar mas pequeñas.

[go2tec]

My request was PUT type, when I changed it to POST things worked as expected, can some one explain this ??!!

[haratmalli]

check route file