How to use and install Ckeditor with image upload in Laravel 5.8

We will use filebrowseruploadurl and filebrowserUploadMethod function of Ckeditor in Laravel 5. So if you have Ckeditor image upload** **not working in Laravel then i will hep you to how to upload image using Ckeditor in Laravel.

I write very simple example of image uploading with Laravel step by step so you can easily use in your Laravel. Ckeditor is a most powerful tool for content editor. so if you have image upload option also available then it awesome.

So, let’s see bellow steps to getting done with image upload in Ckeditor Laravel.

Step 1: Add Routes

First we need to create two routes for display Ckeditor form page and another for image uploading. so let’s create it.

routes/web.php

Route::get('ckeditor', 'CkeditorController@index');
Route::post('ckeditor/upload', 'CkeditorController@upload')->name('ckeditor.upload');

Step 2: Create Controller

In this step, we will create new controller as CkeditorController with two method index() and upload(). in index method we will return and view and upload method we will write code of image uploading.

app/Http/Controllers/CkeditorController.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
  
class CkeditorController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * success response method.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        return view('ckeditor');
    }
  
    /**
     * success response method.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function upload(Request $request)
    {
        if($request->hasFile('upload')) {
            $originName = $request->file('upload')->getClientOriginalName();
            $fileName = pathinfo($originName, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
            $extension = $request->file('upload')->getClientOriginalExtension();
            $fileName = $fileName.'_'.time().'.'.$extension;
        
            $request->file('upload')->move(public_path('images'), $fileName);
   
            $CKEditorFuncNum = $request->input('CKEditorFuncNum');
            $url = asset('images/'.$fileName); 
            $msg = 'Image uploaded successfully'; 
            $response = "<script>window.parent.CKEDITOR.tools.callFunction($CKEditorFuncNum, '$url', '$msg')</script>";
               
            @header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); 
            echo $response;
        }
    }
}

Step 3: Create Blade File

Here, we need to create ckeditor.blade.php file and write form logic and ckeditor js code. So let’s create it.

resources/views/ckeditor.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel 5 Ckeditor Image Upload Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>
    <script src="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/4.12.1/standard/ckeditor.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  
<h1>Laravel 5 Ckeditor Image Upload Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</h1>
<textarea name="editor1"></textarea>
   
<script type="text/javascript">
    CKEDITOR.replace('editor1', {
        filebrowserUploadUrl: "{{route('ckeditor.upload', ['_token' => csrf_token() ])}}",
        filebrowserUploadMethod: 'form'
    });
</script>
   
</body>
</html>