Laravel : To rename an uploaded file automatically

Question

I am allowing users to upload any kind of file on my page, but there might be a clash in names of files. So, I want to rename the file automatically, so that anytime any fil

Answer 1

You can rename your uploaded file as you want . you can use either move or storeAs method with appropiate param.

$destinationPath = 'uploads';
$file = $request->file('product_image');
foreach($file as $singleFile){
    $original_name = strtolower(trim($singleFile->getClientOriginalName()));
    $file_name = time().rand(100,999).$original_name;
     // use one of following 
    // $singleFile->move($destinationPath,$file_name); public folder
    // $singleFile->storeAs('product',$file_name);  storage folder
    $fileArray[] = $file_name;
}
print_r($fileArray);