Backpack laravel multiple file upload - preview/download is not working

[blessen131]

I am trying to upload/view multiple files with Backpack:5.x

Code for the file upload

Controller

 $this->crud->addfield([
            'name'    => 'files',
            'label'   => 'Files',
            'upload'    => true,
            'type'    => 'upload_multiple',
        ]);

Model

public function setFilesAttribute($value)
    {
        $attribute_name = "files";
        $disk = "uploads";
        $destination_path = "notes";

        $this->uploadMultipleFilesToDisk($value, $attribute_name, $disk, $destination_path);
    }

config/filessystems.php

'uploads' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'url' => env('APP_URL').'/uploads',
            'root' => public_path('uploads'),
        ],

Problem 1: Files saved in public/uploads/notes directory but when I edit an item, the url for the uploaded file is www.test.com/notes/file.txt getting 404(missing the /uploads/notes/file.txt).

Problem 2: When I am trying to add in list view, I am getting this error - count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable (View: /vendor/backpack/crud/src/resources/views/crud/columns/upload_multiple.blade.php)

$this->crud->addColumn([
            'name'    => 'files',
            'label'   => 'Files',
            'type'    => 'upload_multiple',
        ]);

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[karandatwani92]

Hey @blessen131

I'm assuming you have an upload disk defined in config/filesystems.php.

From your code, I can see that:

1. You are saving the file to $disk = "uploads"; but you have not defined the same disk in the column or field for reading. Please add 'disk' => 'upload' to the column & field definition.
2. You need to cast the field to the array in your model:

   protected $casts = [
   'files' => 'array',
   ];

I hope this helps. I recommend you upgrade to v6. It comes with automatic file handling/uploading/deletion features and many other valuable features. Support for v5 has been discontinued, and Community-forum would be the right place for queries like this.

See you around. Have a great day.