Create a New Post - Wordpress-Like Blog Laravel 5.7 and AdminLTE 3 (11)

app/Http/Controllers/Backend/BlogController.php

@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Post;
+use App\Http\Requests;
+use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;
 
 class BlogController extends BackendController
 {
     protected $limit=5;
+    protected $uploadPath;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->uploadPath = public_path(config('cms.image.directory'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      *
@@ -26,9 +36,9 @@ public function index()
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
-    public function create()
+    public function create(Post $post)
     {
-        dd("create new blog");
+        return view("backend.blog.create", compact('post'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,9 +47,44 @@ public function create()
      * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
      */
-    public function store(Request $request)
+    public function store(Requests\PostRequest $request)
     {
-        //
+        $data = $this->handleRequest($request);
+
+        $request->user()->posts()->create($data);
+
+        return redirect(route('backend.blog.index'))->with('message', 'Post has been added');
+    }
+
+    private function handleRequest($request){
+        $data = $request->all();
+
+        if($request->hasFile('image')){
+            $image = $request->file('image');
+            $thumbnail = 
+            $fileName = $image->getClientOriginalName();
+
+            $destination = $this->uploadPath;
+
+            $uploaded = $image->move($destination, $fileName);
+
+            if($uploaded){
+                $width = config('cms.image.thumbnail.width');
+                $height = config('cms.image.thumbnail.height');
+
+                $extension = $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
+                $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$extension}", "_thumb.{$extension}", $fileName);
+
+                Image::make($destination . '/' . $fileName)
+                        ->resize($width,$height)
+                        ->save($destination . '/' . $thumbnail);
+            }
+
+
+            $data['image'] = $fileName;
+        }
+
+        return $data;
     }
 
     /**

app/Http/Requests/PostRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class PostRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function authorize()
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return [
+            'title'         => 'required',
+            'slug'          => 'required|unique:posts',
+            'body'          => 'required',
+            'published_at'  => 'date_format:Y-m-d H:i:s',
+            'category_id'   => 'required',
+            'image'         => 'mimes:jpg,jpeg,bmp,png',
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Post.php

@@ -10,33 +10,39 @@ class Post extends Model
 {
 	protected $dates = ['published_at'];
 
-    public function getImageUrlAttribute($value){
-
-    	$imageUrl = "";
-    	if(!is_null($this->image)){
-    		$imageUrl = $this->image;
-    	}else{
-    		$imageUrl = "";
-    	}
-
-    	return $imageUrl;
-    }
-
-    public function getImageThumbUrlAttribute($value){
-
-        $imageUrl = "";
-        if(!is_null($this->image)){
-            $ext = substr(strrchr($this->image, '.'), 1);
-            $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$ext}", "_thumb.{$ext}", $this->image);
-            $imagePath = public_path() . "/img/" . $thumbnail;
-            if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("img/" . $thumbnail);
-            $imageUrl = $this->image;
-        }else{
-            $imageUrl = "";
-        }
-
-        return $imageUrl;
-    }
+	protected $fillable = ['title','slug','excerpt','body','published_at','category_id','image'];
+
+	public function getImageUrlAttribute($value){
+
+		$imageUrl = "";
+
+		if(!is_null($this->image)){
+			$directory = config('cms.image.directory');
+			$imagePath = public_path(). "/{$directory}/". $this->image;
+
+			if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("{$directory}/" .$this->image);
+		}
+
+		return $imageUrl;
+	}
+
+	public function getImageThumbUrlAttribute($value){
+
+	    $imageUrl = "";
+
+	    if(!is_null($this->image)){
+	    	$directory = config('cms.image.directory');
+	        $ext = substr(strrchr($this->image, '.'), 1);
+	        $thumbnail = str_replace(".{$ext}", "_thumb.{$ext}", $this->image);
+	        $imagePath = public_path() . "/{$directory}/" . $thumbnail;
+	        if(file_exists($imagePath)) $imageUrl = asset("{$directory}/" . $thumbnail);
+	        $imageUrl = $this->image;
+	    }else{
+	        $imageUrl = "";
+	    }
+
+	    return $imageUrl;
+	}
 
     public function author(){
 		return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ public function getDateAttribute($value){
 		return is_null($this->published_at) ? '' : $this->published_at->diffForHumans();
 	}
 
+	public function setPublishedAtAttribute($value){
+	    $this->attributes['published_at'] = $value ? : NULL;
+	}
+
 	public function getBodyHtmlAttribute($value){
 		return $this->body ? Markdown::convertToHtml(e($this->body)) : NULL ;
 	}

composer.json

@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
         "php": "^7.1.3",
         "fideloper/proxy": "^4.0",
         "graham-campbell/markdown": "^10.1",
+        "intervention/image": "^2.4",
         "laravel/framework": "5.7.*",
-        "laravel/tinker": "^1.0"
+        "laravel/tinker": "^1.0",
+        "laravelcollective/html": "^5.7"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "beyondcode/laravel-dump-server": "^1.0",