too long

I have a form (left out action route for berevity)

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
   <input type="file" name="avatarImage" id="avatarImage" />
   <input type='hidden' name='_token' value='{{csrf_token()}}' />

When I post and do

dd($request);

All it shows is my csrf_token. No file.

Everyone who has had a similar issue seems to have forgotten the multipart/form-data part. And that fixes their issue.

I have included this, and still can't seem to retrieve files Even if I just to

 dd($_POST) or dd($_FILES)

nothing, both empty.

You have to add few properties to form attribute

   {{ Form::open(['url' => 'admin/applications/'.$application->id.'/apks', 'method' => 'post',"class"=>"form-horizontal",'files' => true])}}

After that you can see the uploaded file

dd(Input::all())