In view

1. Add enctype="multipart/form-data" to form tag

2. method must be "POST"

3. add input type="file" for file browsing, name attribute is 'input_field_name'

                  <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="post">

                        <input type="file" name="input_field_name">

                  </form>
                

Required class

                 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
                

Read the uploaded file from the http request

$request->file() is used for getting the uploaded file. Where $request is object of 'Request class'

                $imageObj = $request->file('input_field_name');
                

Save the file in the server

$imageObj->move() is used for storing the uploaded file in the server. Where $imageObj is object of 'Illuminate\Support\Facades\File class'

                $imageObj->move(public_path('/uploads'), $file_name);  // first parameter is folder name, second parameter is file_name
                

Complete code

                namespace App\Http\Controllers;

                use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;


                class StudentController extends Controller
                {


                    public function store(Request $request)
                    {

                                if ($request->hasFile('input_field_name')) {
                                     $imageObj = $request->file('input_field_name');
                                     $file_name = $imageObj->getClientOriginalName()
                                     $imageObj->move(public_path('/uploads'), $file_name);
                                }
                    }

                }

To get file extension

$file_name = $imageObj->getClientOriginalExtension();

To display the uploaded image in view blade

                <img src="{{asset('public/uploads/'.$company['image'])}}">
              

$company is object of 'App\Models\Company model'