fipamo/app/Services/Assets/FileUploadService.php

<?php

namespace App\Services\Assets;

class FileUploadService
{
    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    public static function handleFile($request, $fileMode = true)
    {
        //$options = $request->getParsedBody();
        //front end sends one by one for progress tracking, so grab first

        if ($fileMode) {
            $file = $request->file('upload_files')[0];
        } else {
            $file = $request;
        }
        $type        = $file->extension();
        $public_path = '../public';
        $filesPath   = '';
        $path        = date('Y') . '/' . date('m');
        $response    = [];
        switch ($type) {
            case 'jpeg':
            case 'jpg':
            case 'png':
            case 'gif':
                if ($fileMode) {
                    if (isset($request["source"])) {
                        if ($request["source"] == "avatar-upload") {
                            $filesPath = '/assets/images/user/' . $path . '/';
                        //Member::updateData('avi', $filesPath . $file->getClientFileName());
                        } else {
                            $filesPath = '/assets/images/user/' . $path . '/';
                            // Settings::updateGlobalData('background', $filesPath . '/' . $file->getClientFileName());
                        }
                    } else {
                        $filesPath = '/assets/images/blog/' . $path . '/';
                    }
                } else {
                    $filesPath = '/assets/images/blog/' . $path . '/';
                }

                break;
            case 'mkv':
            case 'mp4':
                $filesPath = '/assets/video/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
            case 'ogg':
            case 'mp3':
                $filesPath = '/assets/sound/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
            case 'pdf':
            case 'txt':
            case 'rtf':
                $filesPath = '/assets/docs/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
        }
        try {
            // if does not exist, so lets create it.
            if (!is_dir($public_path . $filesPath)) {
                mkdir($public_path . $filesPath, 0755, true);
            }
            $filename = urlencode($file->getClientOriginalName());
            $file->move($public_path . $filesPath, $filename);
        } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
            echo 'ERROR ' . $e->getMessage();
        }

        $response = [
            'message'  => "File Uploaded. Great!",
            "filePath" => $filesPath . urlencode($file->getClientOriginalName()),
            "fileName" => urlencode($file->getClientOriginalName()),
            'type'     => $type,
        ];

        return $response;
    }
}