How to save named multiple photos (multi upload) to database in Laravel 5.4?

Question

Laravel

Greetings!

Learning Laravel 5.4 creating an online store.
At the moment, my first application is an online store.

The product must have a photo gallery.
Photos are uploaded to the specified folder.
Question:
How to store filenames in one column in the database?

Thank you in advance!
The form

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="imageInput">File input</label>
    <input required=""  data-preview="#preview"  name="input_img[]"  type="file" id="imageInput" multiple>
</div>

Controller:

$paths = [];
        foreach($request->input_img as $imag) {

            $image = $imag->getClientOriginalName();

        $actual_name = pathinfo($image,PATHINFO_FILENAME);
        $original_name = $actual_name;
        $extension = pathinfo($image, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

        $i = 1;
        while(file_exists('images/products/'.$actual_name.".".$extension))
        {
            $actual_name = (string)$original_name.$i;
            $image = $actual_name.".".$extension;
            $i++;
        }

        $imag->move(Config::get('app.upload_path') . 'images/products', $image);
        $dir=public_path('images/products/thumbnails/');
        if( ! \File::isDirectory($dir) ) {
            \File::makeDirectory($dir, 493, true);
        }
    
    
        }
    
        $product->image = $paths;

        $product->save();

Mistake

(1/1) ErrorException
Array to string conversion

in AdminProductController.php line 95
at HandleExceptions->handleError(8, 'Array to string conversion

Answer 1

Make a one-to-many relationship with the Image object in the DB.
You will attach images to the product.
And in the image object itself, store ID, originalName, path, product_id.
In this case, you will not have a mess in your head and you will figure out how it works, and the scheme is more transparent.
In the controller, after saving the image, create an object for it and save it in the database with the necessary connections