Save the full URL of the image in DB

Author: thecodeholic

app/Http/Controllers/Api/ProductController.php

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 class ProductController extends Controller
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public function store(ProductRequest $request)
         // Check if image was given and save on local file system
         if ($image) {
             $relativePath = $this->saveImage($image);
-            $data['image'] = $relativePath;
+            $data['image'] = URL::to(Storage::url($relativePath));
             $data['image_mime'] = $image->getClientMimeType();
             $data['image_size'] = $image->getSize();
         }
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public function update(ProductRequest $request, Product $product)
         // Check if image was given and save on local file system
         if ($image) {
             $relativePath = $this->saveImage($image);
-            $data['image'] = $relativePath;
+            $data['image'] = URL::to(Storage::url($relativePath));
             $data['image_mime'] = $image->getClientMimeType();
             $data['image_size'] = $image->getSize();
 

app/Http/Resources/ProductListResource.php

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function toArray($request)
         return [
             'id' => $this->id,
             'title' => $this->title,
-            'image_url' => $this->image ? Url::to(Storage::url($this->image)) : null,
+            'image_url' => $this->image ?: null,
             'price' => $this->price,
             'updated_at' => (new \DateTime($this->updated_at))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
         ];

app/Http/Resources/ProductResource.php

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function toArray($request)
             'title' => $this->title,
             'slug' => $this->slug,
             'description' => $this->description,
-            'image_url' => $this->image ? Url::to(Storage::url($this->image)) : null,
+            'image_url' => $this->image ?: null,
             'price' => $this->price,
             'created_at' => (new \DateTime($this->created_at))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
             'updated_at' => (new \DateTime($this->updated_at))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),