Download Laravel App
https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/installation
composer global require laravel/installer
C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel11\myapp>composer global require laravel/installer
run this migration
C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\laravel11\myapp>php artisan migrate
Create Controller
php artisan make:controller UploadController
C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\laravel10project>php artisan make:controller UploadController
app\Http\Controllers\UploadController.php
// <?php namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; class UploadController extends Controller { public function index() { return view('fileupload'); } public function store(Request $request) { $request->validate([ 'file' => 'required|mimes:doc,docx,pdf,txt,json,xls,jpg,png|max:2048', ]); $path = $request->file('file')->store('public/files'); return redirect('file-upload')->with('status', 'File Has been uploaded successfully ' . $path . ' '); } }File Storage
https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/filesystem
php artisan storage:link
Bootstrap 5 CDN
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/download/
Create the blade views
resources/views/fileupload.blade.php
//resources/views/fileupload.blade.php <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Laravel 11 File Upload with Validation </title> <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}"> <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous"> </head> <body> <div class="container mt-4 "> <h2 class="text-center">Laravel 11 File Upload with Validation </h2> <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="upload" action="{{ url('upload') }}"> @csrf <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3"> <div class="form-group"> <input type="file" name="file" placeholder="Choose file" id="file"> @error('file') <div class="alert alert-danger mt-1 mb-1">{{ $message }}</div> @enderror </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button> </div> <br> <div class="col-md-6 offset-md-3"> @if(session('status')) <div class="alert alert-success"> {{ session('status') }} </div> @endif </div> </div> </form> </div> </div> </body> </html>Routes
routes/web.php
//routes/web.php <?php use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route; use App\Http\Controllers\UploadController; Route::get('/', function () { return view('welcome'); }); Route::get('file-upload', [UploadController::class, 'index']); Route::post('upload', [UploadController::class, 'store']);Github - Laravel 11 File Upload with Validation