How to Resize Image before Upload in Laravel 11

Websolutionstuff | May-13-2024 | Categories : Laravel

Hello, laravel web developers! In this article, we'll see how to resize images before uploading in laravel 11. Here, we'll use the intervention/image composer package in laravel 11. Intervention Image is the most popular open source PHP image processing library.

It provides an easy and expressive way to edit images and supports PHP's two most common image processing libraries GD Library and Imagick.

Laravel 11 Resize Image Before Upload and Store in Database

Step 1: Install Laravel 11 Application

In this step, we'll install the laravel 11 application using the following composer command.

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2: Install Intervention Image Package

Then, we'll install the intervention/image composer package using the following command.

Before you begin with the installation make sure that your server environment supports the following requirements.

PHP >= 8.1
Mbstring PHP Extension
Image Processing PHP Extension

$ composer require intervention/image

Step 3: Define Routes

Next, we'll define routes into the web.php file.

routes/web.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
use App\Http\Controllers\ImageController;
  
Route::get('image-upload', [ImageController::class, 'index']);
Route::post('image-upload', [ImageController::class, 'store'])->name('image.store');

Step 4: Create Controller File

Then, we'll create a new ImageController for image upload and resizing using the following command.

php artisan make:controller ImageController

Create images and thumbnails (inside the images folder) folder in the public folder.

app/Http/Controllers/ImageController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Intervention\Image\Laravel\Facades\Image;
  
class ImageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index(): View
    {
        return view('image-upload');
    }
        
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
    {
        $request->validate([
            'image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg|max:2048',
        ]);
   
        $image = $request->file('image');
        $imageName = time().'.'.$image->extension();
       
        $destinationPathThumbnail = public_path('images/thumbnail');
        $img = Image::read($image->path());
        $img->resize(100, 100, function ($constraint) {
            $constraint->aspectRatio();
        })->save($destinationPathThumbnail.'/'.$imageName);
     
        $destinationPath = public_path('/images');
        $image->move($destinationPath, $imageName);
     
        return back()->with('success', 'Image Uploaded successfully!')
                     ->with('imageName', $imageName);
    }
}

Step 5: Create Blade File

Next, we'll create a blade file image-upload.blade.php to create a thumbnail.

resources/views/image-upload.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>How to Resize Image before Upload in Laravel 11 - Techsolutionstuff</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.1/css/all.min.css" />
</head>
        
<body>
<div class="container">
  
    <div class="card mt-5">
        <h3 class="card-header p-3"><i class="fa fa-star"></i> How to Resize Image before Upload in Laravel 11 - Techsolutionstuff</h3>
        <div class="card-body">

            @if (count($errors) > 0)
                <div class="alert alert-danger">
                    <strong>Whoops!</strong> There were some problems with your input.<br><br>
                    <ul>
                        @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
                            <li>{{ $error }}</li>
                        @endforeach
                    </ul>
                </div>
            @endif
  
            @session('success')
                <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert"> 
                    {{ $value }}
                </div>

                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-4">
                        <strong>Original Image:</strong>
                        <br/>
                        <img src="/images/{{ Session::get('imageName') }}" width="300px" />
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-4">
                        <strong>Thumbnail Image:</strong>
                        <br/>
                        <img src="/images/thumbnail/{{ Session::get('imageName') }}" />
                    </div>
                </div>
            @endsession
            
            <form action="{{ route('image.store') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                @csrf
        
                <div class="mb-3">
                    <label class="form-label" for="inputImage">Image:</label>
                    <input 
                        type="file" 
                        name="image" 
                        id="inputImage"
                        class="form-control @error('image') is-invalid @enderror">
        
                    @error('image')
                        <span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
                    @enderror
                </div>
         
                <div class="mb-3">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success"><i class="fa fa-save"></i> Upload</button>
                </div>
             
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Step 6: Run the Laravel 11 Application

Now, run the laravel 11 application using the following command.