Tukukkk

I hope you are doing well. I am new with laravel. I have a problem with a code for adding a product.
The problem is exactly in product_image. I can't have the image and I keep receiving the message "Product added Successfully! without image"

public function save_product(Request $request)

{

    $data=array();

    $data['product_name']=$request->product_name;

    $data['category_id']=$request->category_id;

    $data['manufacture_id']=$request->manufacture_id;

    $data['product_short_description']=$request->product_short_description;

    $data['product_long_description']=$request->product_long_description;

    $data['product_price']=$request->product_price;

    $data['product_size']=$request->product_size;

    $data['product_image']=$request->product_image;

    $data['product_color']=$request->product_color;

    $data['publication_status']=$request->publication_status;

    $image=$request->file('product_image');

    if ($image) {

        $image_name=str_random(20);

            $ext=strtolower($image->getClientOriginalExtension());

            $image_full_name=$image_name.'.'.$ext;

            $upload_path='image/';

            $image_url=$upload_path.$image_full_name;

            $success=$image->move($upload_path,$image_full_name);

            if ($success) {

                $data['product_image']=$image_url;

                DB::table('tbl_products')->insert($data);

                Session::put('message','Product added Successfully!');

                return Redirect::to('/add-product');

            }

        //echo "<pre>";

        //print_r($data);

        //echo "</pre>";

        //exit();

    }

    $data['product_image']='';

    DB::table('tbl_products')->insert($data);

    Session::put('message','Product added Successfully! without image');

    return Redirect::to('/add-product');

}

trying to solve the problem. I added in the if statement this code to see what I have in $data:

echo "<pre>";

        print_r($data);

        echo "</pre>";

        exit();

But I had nothing. just blank page
then I added the same code before the last 4 lines. I received what in the array and data["product_image"] was empty.

This is the form (i did not forget to put enctype):

<form class="form-horizontal" action="{{ url('/save-product')}}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

    {{ csrf_field() }}

    <fieldset>

        <div class="control-group">

            <label class="control-label" for="date01">Product Name</label>

            <div class="controls">

                <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" name="product_name" required="">

            </div>

        </div>

        <div class="control-group">

            <label class="control-label" for="selectError3">Category name</label>

                <div class="controls">

                    <select id="selectError3" name="category_id">

                        <option>Select Category</option>

                                        <?php

                                                $all_published_category=DB::table('tbl_category')

                                                                                                ->where('publication_status',1)

                                                                                                ->get();

                                                foreach($all_published_category as $v_category) {?>

                        <option>{{$v_category->category_name}}</option>

                                        <?php } ?>

                    </select>

                </div>

        </div>

        <div class="control-group">

            <label class="control-label" for="selectError3">Brand name</label>

            <div class="controls">

                <select id="selectError3" name="manufacture_id">

                    <option>Select Brand</option>

                                        <?php

                                                $all_published_manufacture=DB::table('tbl_manufacture')

                                                                                                ->where('publication_status',1)

                                                                                                ->get();

                                                foreach($all_published_manufacture as $v_manufacture) {?>

                    <option>{{$v_manufacture->manufacture_name}}</option>

                                        <?php } ?>

                </select>

            </div>

        </div>                        

        <div class="control-group hidden-phone">

            <label class="control-label" for="textarea2">Product Short Description</label>

            <div class="controls">

                <textarea class="cleditor" name="product_short_description" rows="3" required=""></textarea>

            </div>

            <div class="control-group hidden-phone">

                <label class="control-label" for="textarea2">Product Long Description</label>

                <div class="controls">

                    <textarea class="cleditor" name="product_long_description" rows="3" required=""></textarea>

                </div>

                <div class="control-group">

                    <label class="control-label" for="date01">Product Price</label>

                        <div class="controls">

                            <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" name="product_price" required="">

                        </div>

                </div>

                <div class="control-group">

                    <label class="control-label" for="fileInput">Image</label>

                    <div class="controls">

                        <input class="input-file uniform_on" name="product_image" id="product_image" type="file">

                    </div>

                </div>   

                <div class="control-group">

                    <label class="control-label" for="date01">Product Size</label>

                    <div class="controls">

                        <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" name="product_size" required="">

                    </div>

            </div>

            <div class="control-group">

                <label class="control-label" for="date01">Product Color</label>

                <div class="controls">

                    <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" name="product_color" required="">

                </div>

            </div>

            <div class="control-group hidden-phone">

                <label class="control-label" for="textarea2">Publication status </label>

                <div class="controls">

                    <input type="checkbox" name="publication_status" value="1">

                </div>

            </div>

            <div class="form-actions">

                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add product</button>

                <button type="reset" class="btn">Cancel</button>

            </div>

    </fieldset>

</form>   

thank you in advance!

Check your code

<input class="input-file uniform_on" id="product_image" type="file">

There is no name attributes. Add it and problem solved.

<input class="input-file uniform_on" name="product_image" id="product_image" type="file">