How to check uploaded file is empty or not in Laravel?

Today, in this post we will learn how to check uploaded file is present or not on request object in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9 and laravel 10 application.

If you work on file uploading or image uploading then you have to require to check file array is empty or not. Laravel 5.3 provide two way to check file is present or not in request object.

In bellow example you can see how to check. It is very simple example that way you can simply understand.

Example 1:

public function fileUpload(Request $request)
{
	if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
	    dd('write code here');
	}
}

Example 2:

public function fileUpload(Request $request)
{
	if ($request->file('image')->isValid()) {
	    dd('write code here');
	}
}

Maybe It can help you...