Problem
You want to create an file input field for file uploads.
You know you could use the <input type="file"...> format but you want to do it the Laravel way.
Solution
Use the Form::file() method.
Usually, this is used in Blade templates.
The simplest form of this method is to only pass the name.
{{ Form::file('thefile') }}
This creates a very simple element which looks like the following.
<input name="thefile" type="file">
To add other attributes, pass a second argument to the method. This second argument must be an array.
{{ Form::file('thefile', ['class' => 'field']) }}
Now the input has a class attribute.
<input class="field" name="thefile" type="file">
Discussion
This method wraps the Form::input() method, passing "file" as the type.
