Laravel - Save multiple field values in json/array in a column - arrays

Question

I have 3 form fields name, address, profile_photo. I want to save there 3 fields in json/array format in a single column so that I can retrieve it later in view blade.
My form looks like this
I tried
$customer_details= new Customer;
{
$profile_photo = $request->file('profile_photo');
for ($i=0; $i < count(request('profile_photo')); $i++) {
$pro_fileExt = $profile_photo[$i]->getClientOriginalExtension();
$pro_fileNameToStore = time().'.'.$pro_fileExt;
$pro_pathToStore = public_path('images');
Image::make($profile_photo[$i])->save($pro_pathToStore . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR. $pro_fileNameToStore);
$profile_ph = '/images/'.$pro_fileNameToStore; }
$cust_details=json_encode(request(['name', 'address', $profile_ph]));
$customer_details->details = $cust_details;
$customer_details->save();
}
With this profile_photo is not saved but other data are saved as:
{"name":["john","Sam"],"address":["CA","FL"]}
How can I save all there fields including profile_photo and show each details distinctly later on view blade?

Answer 1

Hope this will help you.
$customer_details = new Customer;
$profile_photo = $request->file('profile_photo');
$profile_ph = [];
for ($i = 0; $i < count(request('profile_photo')); $i++) {
$pro_fileExt = $profile_photo[$i]->getClientOriginalExtension();
$pro_fileNameToStore = time() . '.' . $pro_fileExt;
$pro_pathToStore = public_path('images');
Image::make($profile_photo[$i])->save($pro_pathToStore . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $pro_fileNameToStore);
$profile_ph[$i] = '/images/' . $pro_fileNameToStore;
}
$data = [
'name' => $request->name,
'address' => $request->address,
'profile_ph' => $profile_ph
];
$customer_details->details = json_encode($data);
$customer_details->save();
The details column should be text if you are using mysql.

Answer 2

Try this:
$names = $request->input('name');
$addresses = $request->input('address');
$profile_photos = $request->file('profile_photo');
for ($i = 0; $i < count($names); $i++) {
$customer_details = new Customer;
$pro_fileExt = $profile_photos[$i]->getClientOriginalExtension();
$pro_fileNameToStore = time() . '.' . $pro_fileExt;
$pro_pathToStore = public_path('images');
Image::make($profile_photos[$i])->save($pro_pathToStore . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $pro_fileNameToStore);
$profile_ph = '/images/' . $pro_fileNameToStore;
$cust_details = json_encode([
'name' => $names[$i],
'address' => $addresses[$i],
'profile_photo' => $profile_ph,
]);
$customer_details->details = $cust_details;
$customer_details->save();
}

Answer 3

Try this with single database query
$profile_photo = $request->file('profile_photo');
$finalData = [];
$names = [];
$addresses = [];
$images = [];
for ($i=0; $i < count(request('profile_photo')); $i++) {
$pro_fileExt = $profile_photo[$i]->getClientOriginalExtension();
$pro_fileNameToStore = time().'.'.$pro_fileExt;
$pro_pathToStore = public_path('images');
Image::make($profile_photo[$i])->save($pro_pathToStore . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR. $pro_fileNameToStore);
$profile_ph = '/images/'.$pro_fileNameToStore; }
$names[] = $request->input('name');
$addresses[] = $request->input('address');
$images[] = $profile_ph;
}
$cust_details=json_encode(['name' => $names, 'address' => $addresses, 'images' => $images]);
$customer_details->insert($cust_details);