Custom file name while keeping extension

Question

Following this part of the docs:

https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/filesystem#file-uploads

I'm trying to store a file (an image) and specify a custom file name, but I don't want to change the extension.

If I do:

$request->file('avatar')->storeAs('avatars', 'custom_file_name');

The file will save as custom_file_name (with no extension), rather than custom_file_name.png).

How can I specify a custom file name while keeping the original file extension?

Answer 1

You can get extension of uploaded file with:

$extension = $request->photo->extension();

And apply it manually to the stored file name.

The UploadedFile class also contains methods for accessing the file's fully-qualified path and its extension. The extension method will attempt to guess the file's extension based on its contents.

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/requests#files