### Install Media Library for Laravel with Composer and Artisan

Source: https://github.com/roundly-consulting/media-library-for-laravel/blob/main/README.md

Run these commands to install the package, publish its migrations, and run the migrations. Requires PHP 8.4, Laravel 12 or 13, ext-fileinfo, and ext-imagick or ext-gd for image variants.

```bash
composer require roundly-consulting/media-library-for-laravel
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="media-migrations"
php artisan migrate
```

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### Add and read media through the MediaLibrary facade

Source: https://github.com/roundly-consulting/media-library-for-laravel/blob/main/README.md

Use MediaLibrary::for($user) to get a media instance. Add a file to the 'avatar' bucket (validated, stored, and thumb rendered), then retrieve the original URL, the thumb variant URL, a blur-up placeholder data URI, and clear the media and its files.

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Facades\MediaLibrary;

$avatar = MediaLibrary::for($user);

$media = $avatar->add($request->file('avatar'))->toBucket('avatar');  // validated, stored, thumb rendered

$avatar->url('avatar');              // the original's URL
$avatar->url('avatar', 'thumb');     // the 120×120 WebP variant
$media->placeholderDataUri();        // a tiny blur-up image to show while it loads
$avatar->clear('avatar');            // delete the media and its files
```

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### Define media buckets on an Eloquent model

Source: https://github.com/roundly-consulting/media-library-for-laravel/blob/main/README.md

Implement HasMedia and use InteractsWithMedia to declare buckets. The example adds an 'avatar' bucket that accepts only JPEG, PNG, and WebP images, stores a single file (new uploads replace old ones), and registers a 120x120 WebP 'thumb' variant using crop fit.

```php
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Concerns\InteractsWithMedia;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Contracts\HasMedia;
use RoundlyConsulting\MediaLibrary\Variants\VariantRegistrar;

final class User extends Model implements HasMedia
{
    use InteractsWithMedia;

    public function registerMediaBuckets(): void
    {
        $this->addMediaBucket('avatar')
            ->singleFile()                                   // a new upload replaces the old one
            ->acceptsMimeTypes(['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp'])
            ->registerVariants(function (VariantRegistrar $v): void {
                $v->add('thumb')->fit('crop')->width(120)->height(120)->format('webp');
            });
    }
}
```