laravel file uploading in artisan command line

Question

I'm writing a Artisan command to do batch image uploads to the application.

Trying to look for the equivalent command to do the following

$file = Input::file('photo');

Becaues I'm in the command line the Input class doesn't work.

I tried File::get('/path/to/file') but it didn't return the same object.

Answer 1

Input::file() will only receive files via form POST:

<form method="POST" enctype='multipart/form-data' action="index.php">
  <input type=file name=upload>
  <input type=submit name=press value="OK">
</form>

What means that you cannot use Input::file() unless you are doing something like this to test your upload

curl --form upload=/path/to/file http://your/site/url/upload

If you are trying to send files via command, like

php artisan upload /path/to/file

You'll need to get this filename, read the file from disk and do whatever you need to do with it.