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Inside this article we will see how to crop image before upload using croppie.js in laravel 8. Already we have an article to Resize image before upload to server.

In this tutorial we will use a jquery plugin Croppie.js. This plugin uses a CSS and JS file. Either you can use these plugin files via CDN link or by putting them into your application /public folder. This tutorial will be very interesting to see and super easy to implement.

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Let’s get started.

Laravel Installation

We will create laravel project using composer. So, please make sure your system should have composer installed. If not, may be this article will help you to Install composer in system.

Here is the command to create a laravel project-

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

To start the development server of Laravel –

php artisan serve

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000

Assuming laravel already installed inside your system.

Create Images Folder

Go to /public folder available at application root. Create a folder with name images. We will save generated signature images inside it.

Make sure images folder should have sufficient permission to write content into it.

Create Controller

Next, we need to create a controller file.

$ php artisan make:controller ImageController

It will create a file ImageController.php at /app/Http/Controllers folder.

Open ImageController.php and write this complete code into it.

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ImageController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Show the application view.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function imageCrop()
    {
        return view('image-crop');
    }
    /**
     * Submit image upload.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function imageCropPost(Request $request)
    {
        $data = $request->image;

        list($type, $data) = explode(';', $data);
        list(, $data)      = explode(',', $data);

        $data = base64_decode($data);
        $image_name = time() . '.png';
        $path = public_path() . "/images/" . $image_name;

        file_put_contents($path, $data);

        return response()->json(['status' => 1, 'message' => "Image uploaded successfully"]);
    }
}

Create Blade Layout File

Go to /resources/views folder and create a file with name image-crop.blade.php

Open image-crop.blade.php and write this complete code into it.

<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Crop Image Before Upload Using Croppie.js in Laravel 8</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/croppie/2.6.2/croppie.min.css">
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
</head>


<body>
    <div class="container" style="margin-top:30px;">
        <div class="panel panel-primary">
            <div class="panel-heading">Crop Image Before Upload Using Croppie.js in Laravel 8</div>
            <div class="panel-body">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-4 text-center">
                        <div id="cropie-demo" style="width:250px"></div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-4" style="padding-top:30px;">
                        <strong>Select Image:</strong>
                        <input type="file" id="upload">
                        <br />
                        <button class="btn btn-success upload-result">Upload Image</button>
                    </div>


                    <div class="col-md-4">
                        <div id="image-preview"
                            style="background:#e1e1e1;padding:30px;height:300px;"></div>
                    </div>
                </div>


            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/croppie/2.6.2/croppie.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript">
        $.ajaxSetup({
            headers: {
                'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
            }
        });

        $uploadCrop = $('#cropie-demo').croppie({
            enableExif: true,
            viewport: {
                width: 200,
                height: 200,
                type: 'circle'
            },
            boundary: {
                width: 300,
                height: 300
            }
        });


        $('#upload').on('change', function() {
            var reader = new FileReader();
            reader.onload = function(e) {
                $uploadCrop.croppie('bind', {
                    url: e.target.result
                }).then(function() {
                    console.log('jQuery bind complete');
                });
            }
            reader.readAsDataURL(this.files[0]);
        });


        $('.upload-result').on('click', function(ev) {
            $uploadCrop.croppie('result', {
                type: 'canvas',
                size: 'viewport'
            }).then(function(resp) {
                $.ajax({
                    url: "{{ route('imageCrop') }}",
                    type: "POST",
                    data: {
                        "image": resp
                    },
                    success: function(data) {
                        html = '<img src="' + resp + '" />';
                        $("#image-preview").html(html);
                    }
                });
            });
        });

    </script>

</body>

</html>

Create Route

Open web.php from /routes folder and add these route into it.

# Add this to header
use App\Http\Controllers\ImageController;

//...

Route::get('image-crop', [ImageController::class, "imageCrop"]);
Route::post('image-crop', [ImageController::class, "imageCropPost"])->name("imageCrop");

Application Testing

Run this command into project terminal to start development server,

php artisan serve

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/image-crop

When we hit Upload button, it will save the cropped image into images folder and also create a image preview at the right sided area.

We hope this article helped you to learn Crop Image Before Upload Using Croppie.js in Laravel 8 in a very detailed way.

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