fipamo/app/Services/FileUploadService.php

<?php

namespace App\Services;

class FileUploadService
{
    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    public static function handleFile($request, $type = null)
    {
        //$upload  = $request->getUploadedFiles();  //grab uploaded files
        //$options = $request->getParsedBody();
        //$file    = $upload['upload_files'][0];
        //front end sends one by one for progress tracking, so grab first
        $file        = $request->file('upload_files');
        $type        = $file[0]->extension();
        $public_path = '../public';
        $filesPath   = '';
        $path        = date('Y') . '/' . date('m');
        $response    = [];
        switch ($type) {
            case 'jpeg':
            case 'jpg':
            case 'png':
            case 'gif':
                if (isset($options["source"])) {
                    if ($options["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 . '/';
                }

                break;
            case 'video/mp4':
                $filesPath = '/assets/video/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
            case 'audio/mpeg':
                $filesPath = '/assets/sound/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
            case 'application/pdf':
            case 'text/plain':
            case 'text/rtf':
                $filesPath = '/assets/docs/blog/' . $path . '/';
                break;
        }

        //FileUploader::uploadFile('../public' . $filesPath, $file);
        $response = [];
        try {
            // if does not exist, so lets create it.
            //var_dump($filesPath);
            if (!is_dir($public_path . $filesPath)) {
                mkdir($public_path . $filesPath, 0755, true);
            }
            $filename = urlencode($file[0]->getClientOriginalName());
            $file[0]->move($public_path . $filesPath, $filename);
        } catch (RuntimeException $e) {
            echo 'ERROR ' . $e->getMessage();
        }

        $response = [
            'message'  => "File Uploaded. Great!",
            "filePath" => $filesPath . urlencode($file[0]->getClientOriginalName()),
            "fileName" => urlencode($file[0]->getClientOriginalName()),
            'type'     => $type,
        ];

        return $response;
    }
}