Laravel 4: File Upload says success not showing in folder - file

Question

I'm trying to get a simple image file to upload, then move it to a designated folder, and though I get no error messages, and everything says it works, it won't show up in any folder. The code in question is:
$destination = public_path().'/auction_img/';
$filename = $auction->id;
if (Input::hasFile('image')) {
$file = Input::file('image');
try{
$uploadSuccess = $file->move($destination, $filename.$file->getClientOriginalExtension());
}catch(Exception $e){
error_log('Exception: '.$e->getMessage());
}
if($uploadSuccess){
error_log("YAY!");
}
}
I'm not getting an exception, and I am getting the "YAY" in the error_log. But it won't show up whatever I do. Any ideas? I also checked my php.ini and it has a max size of 20M but the file is only about .5MB

Answer 1

Looks like it's not going where you think it is going.
First of all
try{} catch() {}
Doesn't work on Laravel. You have to set a handler:
App::error(function(Exception $exception)
{
Log::error($exception);
});
Then do a full log of your move to see if it is really going where you need it to:
$destination = public_path().'/auction_img/';
$filename = $auction->id;
if (Input::hasFile('image')) {
$file = Input::file('image');
$uploadSuccess = $file->move($destination, "$filename.".$file->getClientOriginalExtension());
if($uploadSuccess)
{
error_log("Destination: $destination");
error_log("Filename: $filename");
error_log("Extension: ".$file->getClientOriginalExtension());
error_log("Original name: ".$file->getClientOriginalName());
error_log("Real path: ".$file->getRealPath());
}
else
{
error_log("Error moving file: ".$file->getClientOriginalName());
}
}
Also check if the original file is where it is supposed to be.
According to the comments, your move should be:
$uploadSuccess = $file->move($destination, "$filename.".$file->getClientOriginalExtension());
Check if $destination points to your public folder, it must look something like:
/var/www/site/public/auction_img/
Check if public_path() returns /var/www/site/public/ and if it doesn't you can use this in place of it:
$destination = app()->make('path.public').'/auction_img/'

Answer 2

$uploadSuccess in Laravel 4.0 at least, is not a boolean. It returns the file object after it has been moved (it returns $file, so it can be chained). This object cannot reliably be cast to a boolean (Symfony is raising an exception for me if I try to use it in an if-statement like you have).
If the file fails to be moved, then an exception will be raised. If an exception is raised, then you know the file has not been moved and remains where it is. As such, that leaves $file as a valid Symfony file object, and so your processing will continue with the file where it first landed.
So whether the file successfully moves or not, your "YAY!" is always in the execution path. You catch the exception if the move fails, log it, then fail to take any further action on the exception.