I'm trying to upload an image, to save it along with the rest of the fields, but when I press the save button, the image field goes empty ..
This is the Form
<div class="panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h3><i class="fa fa-edit"></i> <strong>{{ (isset($lisEventEdit)) ? Lang::get('admin/event.edit_event') : Lang::get('admin/event.new_event') }}</strong></h3>
</div>
<div id="new_edit_event">
<div class="panel-body">
@if(isset($lisEventEdit))
{{ Form::model($lisEventEdit, array('url' => '/event/save', 'data-colllabel'=>'3','id'=>'formEvent', 'name'=>'formEvent','method'=>'post','onsubmit'=>'return false', 'files' => true )) }}
@else
{{ Form::open(array('url' => '/event/save', 'data-colllabel'=>'3','id'=>'formEvent','name'=>'formEvent', 'method'=>'post','onsubmit'=>'return false', 'files' => true )) }}
@endif
{{ Form::hidden('id_event') }}
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-md-6">
{{ Form::label ('id_status', Lang::get('admin/event.status')) }}
{{ Form::select('id_status', ["" => Lang::get('general.select')]+$status, null, ['class' => 'form-control', 'id'=>'status']) }}
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
{{ Form::label ('entries', trans('admin/event.entries')) }}
{{ Form::text ('entrada', null, array('class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' =>'')) }}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="form-group row">
<div class="col-md-6">
{{ Form::label ('data', Lang::get('admin/event.data')) }}
{{ Form::text('dt_event',"",array('class'=>'form-control date', 'placeholder' => '__/__/____')) }}
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
{{Form::label ('hour', Lang::get('admin/event.hour')) }}
{{ Form::text('hr_event',"",array('class'=>'form-control time','placeholder'=>'HH:MM:SS')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="form-group row">
<div class="select-contents" id="select-content-0">
{{Form::label ('image', Lang::get('admin/event.image')) }}
<div class="fileinput fileinput-new" data-provides="fileinput">
<div class="input-group">
<div class="form-control uneditable-input" data-trigger="fileinput">
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-file fileinput-exists"></i>
<span class="fileinput-filename"> {{ $url or null }}</span>
</div>
<span class="input-group-addon btn btn-inverse btn-file">
<span class="fileinput-new">{{ Lang::get('admin/event.select_a_image') }}</span>
<span class="fileinput-exists">{{ Lang::get('admin/event.change') }}</span>
<input type="file" name="file"></span>
<a href="#" class="input-group-addon btn btn-default fileinput-exists" data-dismiss="fileinput">{{ Lang::get('admin/event.remove') }}</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
{{ Form::close() }}
</div>
<div class="panel-footer">
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::submit(Lang::get('admin/event.save'), array('class' => 'btn btn-primary sendEvent','id'=>'sendEvent','name'=>'sendEvent')) }}
<a href="/event" class="btn btn-primary">{{ Lang::get('admin/event.lists_all'); }}</a>
</div>
</div>
And this is Jquery
$("#sendEvent").click(function () {
$("#loadOverlaySaveNewEditRegister").fadeIn("fast");
var form = $("#formEvent");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/event/save",
dataType: "json",
data: $("#formEvent").serialize()
})
.done(function (msg) {
if (msg.status) {
$.notific8("{{Lang::get('admin/event.request_was_successfully')}}", {life: 1800, theme: "success", heading: ALERT_SUCCESS});
loadLists(1);
setTimeout(function () {
window.location.replace("/event/edit/" + msg.idEventEdit);
}, 2000);
} else {
$.each(msg, function (key, val) {
$.notific8(val, {life: 5000, theme: "danger", heading: ALERT_ERROR});
});
$("#loadOverlaySaveNewEditRegister").delay(1000).fadeOut("slow");
}
});
});
Controller:
public function eventSave(){
$EventForm = new EventForm();
if ($EventForm->validate()) {
$post = $EventForm ->getNormalizedData(true);
$post["dt_event"] = \Filter::dateToDateDb($post["dt_event"]);
$nameFileOriginal = $post['file']->getClientOriginalName();
$nameFile = md5(strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '', $nameFileOriginal) . rand(9, 99999)));
$extensionFile = "." . $post['file']->getClientOriginalExtension();
$pathFile = "/storage/event/";
//NOME DO ARQUIVO
$fileName = $nameFile . $extensionFile;
$idEventEdit = $post['id_event'];
$existsEvent = Event::where('id_event', '=', $idEventEdit )->first();
if ($existsEvent ) {
//update Event
if ($existsEvent->update($post)) {
$return = array("status" => true, "idEventEdit" => $existsEvent ->id_event);
$idEventSaved = $existsEvent->id_event;
} else {
$return = array("status" => false, "type" => "update");
}
} else {
//insert new Event
if ($newEvent = Event::create($post)) {
$return = array("status" => true, "idEventEdit" => $newEvent->id_event);
$idEventSaved = $newEvent->id_event;
} else {
$return = array("status" => false, "type" => "insert");
}
}
//End Event
return \Response::json($return);
} else {
return \Response::json($EventForm->getMessages()->all());
}
}
I'm pretty sure I'm missing something in Jquery and / or Contoller, but I can not figure out what, if anyone can help, please. I appreciate it!