public function imageUpload(Request $request)

    {

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

​

        $name = hash('sha256', $image->getClientOriginalName()).'.'.$image->getClientOriginalExtension();

        Storage::disk('public')->putFileAs('blog/userfiles/files/', $image, $name);

​

        return response()->json([

            'uploaded' => true,

            'fileName' => $name,

            'url'      => asset('storage/blog/userfiles/files/'.$name),

        ]);

    }

​

/*

{

  "fileName": "image(40).png",

  "uploaded": 1,

  "error": {

    "number": 201,

    "message": "A file with the same name already exists. The uploaded file was renamed to \u0022image(40).png\u0022."

  },

  "url": "\/upload\/blog\/userfiles\/files\/image(40).png"

}

*/