public function postNew(Request $request)
{
$validation = Validator::make($request->all(), ['title' => 'required|min:3', 'photo' => 'required|image', 'tags' => 'required']);
if ($validation->fails()) {
return redirect()->back()->withInput()->withErrors($validation);
}
//Upload the image and return the filename and full path
$upload = Photo::upload($request->file('photo'));
//Tag Stuff
//First, create(if needed) and return IDs of tags
$tagIds = Tag::createAndReturnArrayOfTagIds($request->get('tags'));
//If user wants to read the tags (keywords) from the file, then we need to fetch them from uploaded file.
if ($request->has('read_tags_from_file')) {
$exif = exif_read_data($upload['fullpath'], 'ANY_TAG', true);
if ($exif) {
if (array_key_exists('IFD0', $exif)) {
if (array_key_exists('Keywords', $exif['IFD0'])) {
//array_unique, because same tags may be on both the form and the file, but only one is added to the database
//Keywords are delimited by semicolon ( ; ) in the EXIF tag data.
$tagIds = array_unique(array_merge($tagIds, Tag::createAndReturnArrayOfTagIds($exif['IFD0']['Keywords'], ';')));
}
}
}
}
//Tag Stuff end
$photo = new Photo();
$photo->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
$photo->title = $request->get('title');
$photo->image = $upload['filename'];
$photo->save();
//Now attach the tags, since this is creating method, attach() is okay
$photo->tags()->attach($tagIds);
return redirect()->back()->withSuccess('Photo Created Successfully!');
}
