Laravel request（）输入文件和隐藏的同名输入

Question

I have simplified my form for this question.

This is my example

<form method="post" name="test" enctype="multipart/form-data">
   {{csrf_field()}}
   <input class="form-control" type="file" name="test[]" id="companion"/>
   <input type="hidden" name="test[]" value="random-value" />
   <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

In my route a just dd the request as follow:

dd(request('test'));

Now I would expect an array with a file (UploadedFile type) and the random-value, instead, I'm getting only the file.

array:1 [▼
   0 => UploadedFile {#539 ▶}
]

Any idea why I'm getting this result? I know that I can change the name of the variables, but I wanna understand why it doesn't work like that.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Ok, I might have found a solution.

Since I'm editing, I know if the file/hidden input is new (as in the edit I can add other items) or got from the DB.

<form method="post" name="test" enctype="multipart/form-data">
   {{csrf_field()}}
   <input class="form-control" type="file" name="test[]" id="companion"/>
   <input type="hidden" name="test[id-{{id}}]" value="random-value" />
   <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

With this "fix" I will manage to get my goal.

dd(request('test'));
------------------------
array:2 [▼
  "id-1" => "random-value"
  0 => UploadedFile {#539 ▶}
]

I do not care about the keys so I'm happy with this solution.

NB this is just a simplification of my problem but it helped me to understand it.

I hope it'll help other people =)

Feel free to ask me if you have any question ;)

Cheers.