file.md

File Model

The File model is a simple model that represents a file in your Laravel application.

This is the defualt model used with the FileUploadTrait

Publish the migration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Teners\LaravelExtras\LaravelExtrasServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

and run php artisan migrate.

Attributes

The File model has the following attributes:

• id : The primary key of the model.
• path : The path to the file in your storage disk.
• name : The name of the file.
• size : The size of the file in bytes.
• disk : The name of the storage disk where the file is located.

Accessors

The model has two accessor attributes:

• real_size : Returns the file size in a human-readable format.
• url : Returns the URL to the file.

Example:

  // Upload file using the FileUploadTrait in your controller
  ...
  $upload_result = $this->uploadFile(
      $request->file('file'),
      true, // saves to database
  );
  ...


  // Retrive the file
  $file = File::find(1);

  $url = $file->url;
  // {app_url}/public/storage/file_name.png

  $size = $file->real_size;
  // 2MB