Attachments

File uploads for comments.

Overview

Comments support file attachments for both images and documents. Images are displayed inline within the comment body, while documents appear as downloadable links.

Configuration

// config/comments.php
'attachments' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'disk' => 'public',
    'max_size' => 10240, // KB (10 MB)
    'allowed_types' => [
        'image/jpeg',
        'image/png',
        'image/gif',
        'image/webp',
        'application/pdf',
        'text/plain',
        'application/msword',
        'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document',
    ],
],

Key	Default	Description
`enabled`	`true`	Show/hide the attachment upload UI
`disk`	`'public'`	Laravel filesystem disk for storage
`max_size`	`10240`	Maximum file size in kilobytes
`allowed_types`	images, pdf, text, word	Array of allowed MIME types

Disabling Attachments

'attachments' => [
    'enabled' => false,
],

This removes the file upload UI from the comment form entirely.

Storage

Attachments are stored via Livewire's file upload mechanism. Each attachment record tracks:

file_path -- Path on the configured disk
original_name -- Original filename for display
mime_type -- MIME type for rendering decisions
size -- File size in bytes
disk -- Storage disk name

When a comment is deleted, its attachments are cascade deleted from the database. The physical files are removed from the disk.

Helper Methods

The Attachment model (Relaticle\Comments\Models\Attachment) provides:

$attachment->isImage();       // Check if attachment is an image
$attachment->url();           // Get the storage URL
$attachment->formattedSize(); // Human-readable size (e.g., "2.5 MB")