Laravel 9 - name of image does not get saved in the database, while the image saves

Question

The image is getting succesfully saved, the imageName is getting created, but when I try to save imageName in the image name, it shows as NULL. The odd thing is that whatever I write for that column, it still shows as NULL. The image column in the database is a simple varchar (250) column. What's wrong? I can't figure out.

       if($request->hasfile('file')) {

        $image = $request->file('file');

        $imageName = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();

        $request->file = $imageName;

        $car = new Car([
            'brand' => $request->brand,
            'model' => $request->model,
            'fuel' => $request->fuel,
            'consumption' => $request->consumption,
            'body'=> $request->body,
            'seats' => $request->seats,
            'transmission' => $request->transmission,
            'year' => $request->year,
            'price' => $request->price,
            'image' => $request->file
        ]);

            Image::make($image)->resize(500, 500)->save(public_path('/images/cars/' . $imageName));
            $car->save();
        
    }

    return response()->json('Car successfully added');

Answer 1

Please check your Model it should be something like this:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Crud extends Model
{
    protected $fillable = [
            'brand' ,
            'model' ,
            'fuel',
            'consumption' ,
            'body',
            'seats',
            'transmission' ,
            'year' ,
            'price',
            'image',
       ];
}

/////DO NOT FORGET TO CHANGE Crud EXTENTION WITH YOUR MODEL NAME/////