Take a look at the docs for accessing file uploads, https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/requests#files or https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/requests#files

Something like,

$file = $request->file('photo');
if ($request->file('photo')->isValid()) {

    // get the upload file path
    $realpath = $file->getRealPath();

    // ... then load the file in to a var and assign to the db array

} else {
   // .. handle errors if the file upload is invalid
}

It would be better to store the files in a special folder, then access them from there instead of in the db. Make sure the file db field is a blob type.

Displaying the file from a click is a bit more cumbersome.

To download the file, you will need to pass the id or something to a route that returns the file from the db with the headers set so that the browser knows it is a file.

To display the file, depends on the type of file ... image, text, etc...

Hope that helps.

Dear TerrePorter this is my question i have edit my output also here i have to get arrays and insert how its possible? please help me im in stuck https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/call-to-member-function-move-on-a-non-object-larvel-52

@TerrePorter plz add your answer here to mark as solution :) cheers

@Pravinslk :)

public function store(Request $request)
{
// validate input
    $this->validate($request, $this->rules);

    // set destination path
    $uploadDestinationPath = base_path() . '/assets/files/';

    // get input
    $input = $request->all();
    $charge = $request->get('charge');
    $date = $request->get('date');
    $job = $request->get('job_id');
    $id = \Auth::id();
    $current_id = DB::table('charges')->max('invoice_no');

    // make sure a file has been included
    if ($request->hasFile('file')) {

        // this form uploads multiple files
        foreach ($request->file('file') as $fileKey => $fileObject ){

            // make sure each file is valid
            if ($fileObject->isValid()) {

                // make destination file name
                $destinationFileName = $job . '_' . $id . '_' . ($current_id + 1) . '.' . $fileObject->getClientOriginalExtension();

                // move the file from tmp to the destination path
                $fileObject->move($uploadDestinationPath, $destinationFileName);

                // save the the destination filename
                $dbFilenames[$fileKey] = $uploadDestinationPath . '/' . $destinationFileName;

            }
        }
    } else {
        // no files to include
        //TODO:: handle error for no files uploaded (if not already covered in the $this->validate)
        // set dbFilenames to empty array
        $dbFilenames[] = '';
    }

    // make array for database
    $data = array();
    foreach ($charge as $key=>$value){
        $data[] = [
            'date' => $date,
            'charge'=>$value,
            'job_id'=>$job,
            'user_id'=>$id,
            'amount'=>$input['amount'][$key],
            'category'=>$input['category'][$key],
            'file'=> (isset($dbFilenames[$key])?$dbFilenames[$key]:''), 
               // if file with key does not exist (may not happen, if part of $this->validate), then save it or save empty
            'invoice_no' => $current_id + 1,
        ];
    }
    ;

    // save the data
    DB::table('charges')->insert($data);

    // redirect
    Redirect::route('charges.index')->with('message', 'Charges created.');
}