Prepare Models

Ascribe the MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Traits\InteractsWithMedia trait to your model.

To directly use associated media in attributes, use the provided traits.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Traits\InteractsWithMedia;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Casts\MediaImage;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Casts\MediaImages;
use MOIREI\MediaLibrary\Casts\MediaFiles;

class Product extends Model
{
    use InteractsWithMedia;

    ...

	/**
	 * The attributes that should interact with media as rich text attachable.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $richTextFields = [
		'short_description',
		'description',
	];

	/**
	 * The attributes that should be casted to media types.
	 * When ascribed the InteractsWithMedia trait,
	 * the file(s) referenced by these attributes are
	 * auto associated (synced) with the model.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $casts = [
		'image' => MediaImage::class, // string column
		'images' => MediaImages::class, // array, json or text column
		'gallery' => MediaFiles::class, // array, json or text column
	];

    ...
}

Your database

Note: you can associate files with your models without a specific columns. Only define columns if you want to have multiple fields with different behaviour.

...
public function up()
{
  Schema::create('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    ...
    $table->text('short_description');
    $table->text('description');
    $table->string('image'); // single file
    $table->json('images'); // multiple files
    $table->text('gallery'); // text column also works
  });
  ...
}