Why hasFile() method return false?

Question

I send file from my html form and dump my file in controller. Dump result return correct result with file name.

dump($request->file);

But if I check for true or false then var_dump() return false.

var_dump($request->hasFile('file'));

Answer 1

That's because $request->file is a string and not instance of Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile.

You should use ->hasFile() only with files.