Simple media collections | laravel-medialibrary | Spatie SPATIE Laravel Media Library ======================== spatie.be/open-source [Docs](https://spatie.be/docs) [Laravel-medialibrary](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9) Working-with-media-collections Simple media collections Version v11 v10 v9 v8 v7 v6 v5 v4 v3 Other versions for crawler [v11](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11) [v10](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v10) [v9](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9) [v8](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v8) [v7](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v7) [v6](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v6) [v5](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v5) [v4](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v4) [v3](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v3) - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/introduction) - [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/support-us) - [ Base installation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/installation-setup) - [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/questions-issues) - [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/requirements) - [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/upgrading) - [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/changelog) - [ Troubleshooting ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/troubleshooting) - [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/about-us) Basic usage ----------- - [ Preparing your model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/preparing-your-model) - [ Associating files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/associating-files) - [ Retrieving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/basic-usage/retrieving-media) Working with media collections ------------------------------ - [ Simple media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/working-with-media-collections/simple-media-collections) - [ Defining media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/working-with-media-collections/defining-media-collections) Converting images ----------------- - [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/defining-conversions) - [ Retrieving converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/retrieving-converted-images) - [ Optimizing converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/optimizing-converted-images) - [ Regenerating images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/regenerating-images) Handling uploads with Media Library Pro --------------------------------------- - [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/introduction) - [ Installation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/installation) - [ Processing uploads on the server ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/processing-uploads-on-the-server) - [ Handling uploads with Blade ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-blade) - [ Handling uploads with Livewire ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-livewire) - [ Handling uploads with Vue ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-vue) - [ Handling uploads with React ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/handling-uploads-with-react) - [ Creating custom Vue components ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/creating-custom-vue-components) - [ Creating custom React components ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/creating-custom-react-components) - [ Customizing CSS ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/customizing-css) Responsive images ----------------- - [ Getting started with responsive images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/getting-started-with-responsive-images) - [ Using your own width calculator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/using-your-own-width-calculator) - [ Customizing the rendered html ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/customizing-the-rendered-html) - [ Generating your own tiny placeholder ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/generating-your-own-tiny-placeholder) - [ Responsive images demo ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/responsive-images/demo) Converting other file types --------------------------- - [ Using image generators ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-other-file-types/using-image-generators) - [ Creating a custom image generator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-other-file-types/creating-a-custom-image-generator) Downloading media ----------------- - [ Downloading a single file ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/downloading-media/downloading-a-single-file) - [ Downloading multiple files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/downloading-media/downloading-multiple-files) Advanced usage -------------- - [ Working with multiple filesystems ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/working-with-multiple-filesystems) - [ Using custom properties ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-custom-properties) - [ Storing media specific manipulations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/storing-media-specific-manipulations) - [ Using your own model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-your-own-model) - [ Outputting media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/outputting-media) - [ Rendering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/rendering-media) - [ Using a custom directory structure ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-directory-structure) - [ Ordering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/ordering-media) - [ Using a custom media downloader ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-media-downloader) - [ Moving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/moving-media) - [ Consuming events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/consuming-events) - [ Generating custom urls ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/generating-custom-urls) - [ Overriding default filesystem behavior ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/overriding-the-default-filesystem-behaviour) - [ Naming generated files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/naming-files) - [ Disable CDN ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/disable-cdn) - [ Customising Database Connections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/advanced-usage/customising-database-connections) API --- - [ Adding files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/api/adding-files) - [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/api/defining-conversions) You are viewing the documentation for **an older version** of this package. You can check the version you are using with the following command: ` composer show spatie/laravel-medialibrary ` Simple media collections ======================== ### On this page 1. [ Are you a visual learner? ](#content-are-you-a-visual-learner) If you have different types of files that you want to associate, you can put them in their own collection. ``` $yourModel = YourModel::find(1); $yourModel->addMedia($pathToImage)->toMediaCollection('images'); $yourModel->addMedia($pathToAnotherImage)->toMediaCollection('images'); $yourModel->addMedia($pathToPdfFile)->toMediaCollection('downloads'); $yourModel->addMedia($pathToAnExcelFile)->toMediaCollection('downloads'); ``` All media in a specific collection can be retrieved like this: ``` // will return media instances for all files in the images collection $yourModel->getMedia('images'); // will returns media instance for all files in the downloads collection $yourModel->getMedia('downloads'); ``` A collection can have any name you want. If you don't specify a name, the file will be added to a collection named `default`. You can clear out a specific collection by passing the name to `clearMediaCollection`: ``` $yourModel->clearMediaCollection('images'); ``` Also, there is a `clearMediaCollectionExcept` method which can be useful if you want to remove only few or some selected media in a collection. It accepts the collection name as the first argument and the media instance or collection of media instances which should not be removed as the second argument: ``` $yourModel->clearMediaCollectionExcept('images', $yourModel->getFirstMedia()); // This will remove all associated media in the 'images' collection except the first media ``` Are you a visual learner? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a video that shows how to work with collections. Want to see more videos like this? Check out our [free video course on how to use Laravel Media Library](https://spatie.be/videos/discovering-laravel-media-library).