app/Filament/Resources/VisitorEntryResource/Pages/CreateVisitorEntry.php

@@ -115,15 +115,25 @@ class CreateVisitorEntry extends CreateRecord
 
                 $filename = 'visitor_' . time() . '_' . uniqid() . '.jpg';
 
-                $path = 'visitor-photos/' . $filename;
+                $path = 'uploads/visitor-photos/' . $filename;
 
-                // Stores in storage/app/private/visitor-photos
-                Storage::put(
-                    'private/' . $path,
+                Storage::disk('local')->put(
+                    $path,
                     base64_decode($imageData)
                 );
 
-                $data['photo'] = 'private/' . $path;
+                $decoded = base64_decode($imageData);
+
+                $saved = Storage::disk('local')->put($path, $decoded);
+
+                \Log::info('PHOTO UPLOAD: file details', [
+                    'filename' => $filename,
+                    'path' => $path,
+                    'size_bytes' => strlen($decoded),
+                    'saved' => $saved ? 'SUCCESS' : 'FAILED',
+                ]);
+
+                $data['photo'] = $path;
             }
 
             return $data;