Unable to update the element of $request array in Laravel

Question

Okay, Here is the store method in my controller:

public function store(EmployeeRequest $request)
{
    if($request->hasFile('photo')){
        $path = $request->photo->store('employeeimages');
// This should have changed the element in the $request['photo'] index:
        $request->photo = $path; 
    dd($request->all());
    }
    Employee::create($request->all());
    return redirect('dashboard');
}

I thought $request->photo gives us the access to the $request['photo'] element of the array, so I tried to update it by $request->photo = $path; but when I die and dump $request->all(), $request['photo'] is not updated and still holds a reference to the previous value, which is an instance of the UploadedFile class. How do I change an element of the $request array?

Tanmay · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-19 21:26:40Z

1

Storing the inputs to a new variable and then modifying it solves the issue. This is what I have done:

public function store(EmployeeRequest $request)
{
    if($request->hasFile('photo')){
        $input = $request->all();
        $path = $request->photo->store('employeeimages');
        $input['photo'] = $path;
    }
    Employee::create($input);
    return redirect('dashboard');
}

answered Aug 19, 2017 at 21:26

Tanmay

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shukshin.ivan Over a year ago

You can use $request->merge($array) as well.

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