/**
* Upload a avatar image
* @param obj $file
* @param str $filename
*/
public function avatar_upload($file, $filename)
{
if ($file) {
$newfilename = $filename . '.' . $file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$upload_dir = config('assets.images.paths.input');
//Get the width and the height of the chosen size from the Config file.
$images_sizes = config('assets.images.sizes.' . 'small');
$width = $images_sizes['width'];
$height = $images_sizes['height'];
//Uploading picture to the directory
$file->move($upload_dir, $newfilename);
//Resizing picture
$image = Image::make(sprintf($upload_dir . '/%s', $newfilename))->resize($width, $height)->save();
$avatar_path = $upload_dir . '/' . $newfilename;
return $avatar_path;
}
}
