app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php

@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ class UserController extends Controller
         $user_id = Auth::user()->getAuthIdentifier();
         $user = User::find($user_id);
         $validated = $request->validated();
-        if (!array_key_exists('encrypt_messages', $validated)) {
-            $validated['encrypt_messages'] = 0;
-        }
         if (isset($validated['avatar'])) {
             try {
                 $user->clearMediaCollection('avatars');
@@ -33,7 +30,13 @@ class UserController extends Controller
             } catch (FileDoesNotExist $e) {
             } catch (FileIsTooBig $e) {
             }
+            unset($validated['avatar']);
         }
+
+        if (!array_key_exists('encrypt_messages', $validated)) {
+            $validated['encrypt_messages'] = 0;
+        }
+
         $user->update($validated);
 
         return redirect(route('user.index'))->withSuccess('Data saved!');

app/Http/Requests/UpdateUser.php

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class UpdateUser extends FormRequest
             'email'             => 'required|email:rfc|unique:users,email,'.Auth::user()->getAuthIdentifier(),
             'encrypt_messages'  => 'boolean',
             'notification_hour' => 'in:0,1,2,3,4',
-            'avatar' => 'file|dimensions:min_width=50,min_height=50,max_width=200,max_height=200,ratio=1'
+            'avatar'            => 'file|dimensions:max_width=200,max_height=200,ratio=1'
         ];
     }
 }

app/User.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Spatie\Image\Exceptions\InvalidManipulation;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\HasMedia\HasMedia;
 use Spatie\MediaLibrary\HasMedia\HasMediaTrait;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements HasMedia
      * @var array
      */
     protected $fillable = [
-        'name', 'email', 'password', 'notification_hour', 'encrypt_messages', 'avatar',
+        'name', 'email', 'password', 'notification_hour', 'encrypt_messages',
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -37,14 +38,8 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements HasMedia
     ];
 
     /**
-     * The attributes that should be cast to native types.
-     *
-     * @var array
+     * @return string
      */
-//    protected $casts = [
-//        'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
-//    ];
-
     public function getFolder()
     {
         $arrayHash = str_split(strtolower(md5($this->id)));
@@ -66,9 +61,15 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements HasMedia
     {
         try {
             $this->addMediaConversion('thumb')
-                ->width(50)
-                ->height(50);
+                ->width(100)
+                ->height(100)
+                ->optimize();
+            $this->addMediaConversion('icon')
+                ->width(32)
+                ->height(32)
+                ->optimize();
         } catch (InvalidManipulation $e) {
+            Log::alert(sprintf('Error while manipulating Avatar for %s (%s)', $this->email, $e->getMessage()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -76,8 +77,8 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements HasMedia
      * @param string $alias
      * @return string
      */
-    public function getAvatar($alias = 'thumb')
+    public function getAvatar($alias = 'thumb'): string
     {
-        return $this->getFirstMediaUrl('avatars');
+        return $this->getFirstMediaUrl('avatars', $alias);
     }
 }

config/medialibrary.php

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /*
+     * The disk on which to store added files and derived images by default. Choose
+     * one or more of the disks you've configured in config/filesystems.php.
+     */
+    'disk_name' => env('MEDIA_DISK', 'public'),
+
+    /*
+     * The maximum file size of an item in bytes.
+     * Adding a larger file will result in an exception.
+     */
+    'max_file_size' => 1024 * 1024 * 10,
+
+    /*
+     * This queue will be used to generate derived and responsive images.
+     * Leave empty to use the default queue.
+     */
+    'queue_name' => '',
+
+    /*
+     * The fully qualified class name of the media model.
+     */
+    'media_model' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Models\Media::class,
+
+    's3' => [
+        /*
+         * The domain that should be prepended when generating urls.
+         */
+        'domain' => 'https://'.env('AWS_BUCKET').'.s3.amazonaws.com',
+    ],
+
+    'remote' => [
+        /*
+         * Any extra headers that should be included when uploading media to
+         * a remote disk. Even though supported headers may vary between
+         * different drivers, a sensible default has been provided.
+         *
+         * Supported by S3: CacheControl, Expires, StorageClass,
+         * ServerSideEncryption, Metadata, ACL, ContentEncoding
+         */
+        'extra_headers' => [
+            'CacheControl' => 'max-age=604800',
+        ],
+    ],
+
+    'responsive_images' => [
+
+        /*
+        * This class is responsible for calculating the target widths of the responsive
+        * images. By default we optimize for filesize and create variations that each are 20%
+        * smaller than the previous one. More info in the documentation.
+        *
+        * https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-medialibrary/v7/advanced-usage/generating-responsive-images
+        */
+        'width_calculator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\ResponsiveImages\WidthCalculator\FileSizeOptimizedWidthCalculator::class,
+
+        /*
+         * By default rendering media to a responsive image will add some javascript and a tiny placeholder.
+         * This ensures that the browser can already determine the correct layout.
+         */
+        'use_tiny_placeholders' => true,
+
+        /*
+         * This class will generate the tiny placeholder used for progressive image loading. By default
+         * the medialibrary will use a tiny blurred jpg image.
+         */
+        'tiny_placeholder_generator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\ResponsiveImages\TinyPlaceholderGenerator\Blurred::class,
+    ],
+
+    /*
+     * When urls to files get generated, this class will be called. Leave empty
+     * if your files are stored locally above the site root or on s3.
+     */
+    'url_generator' => null,
+
+    /*
+     * Whether to activate versioning when urls to files get generated.
+     * When activated, this attaches a ?v=xx query string to the URL.
+     */
+    'version_urls' => false,
+
+    /*
+     * The class that contains the strategy for determining a media file's path.
+     */
+    'path_generator' => null,
+
+    /*
+     * Medialibrary will try to optimize all converted images by removing
+     * metadata and applying a little bit of compression. These are
+     * the optimizers that will be used by default.
+     */
+    'image_optimizers' => [
+        Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Jpegoptim::class => [
+            '--strip-all', // this strips out all text information such as comments and EXIF data
+            '--all-progressive', // this will make sure the resulting image is a progressive one
+        ],
+        Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Pngquant::class => [
+            '--force', // required parameter for this package
+        ],
+        Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Optipng::class => [
+            '-i0', // this will result in a non-interlaced, progressive scanned image
+            '-o2', // this set the optimization level to two (multiple IDAT compression trials)
+            '-quiet', // required parameter for this package
+        ],
+        Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Svgo::class => [
+            '--disable=cleanupIDs', // disabling because it is known to cause troubles
+        ],
+        Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Gifsicle::class => [
+            '-b', // required parameter for this package
+            '-O3', // this produces the slowest but best results
+        ],
+    ],
+
+    /*
+     * These generators will be used to create an image of media files.
+     */
+    'image_generators' => [
+        Spatie\MediaLibrary\ImageGenerators\FileTypes\Image::class,
+        Spatie\MediaLibrary\ImageGenerators\FileTypes\Webp::class,
+        Spatie\MediaLibrary\ImageGenerators\FileTypes\Pdf::class,
+        Spatie\MediaLibrary\ImageGenerators\FileTypes\Svg::class,
+        Spatie\MediaLibrary\ImageGenerators\FileTypes\Video::class,
+    ],
+
+    /*
+     * The engine that should perform the image conversions.
+     * Should be either `gd` or `imagick`.
+     */
+    'image_driver' => 'gd',
+
+    /*
+     * FFMPEG & FFProbe binaries paths, only used if you try to generate video
+     * thumbnails and have installed the php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg composer
+     * dependency.
+     */
+    'ffmpeg_path' => env('FFMPEG_PATH', '/usr/bin/ffmpeg'),
+    'ffprobe_path' => env('FFPROBE_PATH', '/usr/bin/ffprobe'),
+
+    /*
+     * The path where to store temporary files while performing image conversions.
+     * If set to null, storage_path('medialibrary/temp') will be used.
+     */
+    'temporary_directory_path' => null,
+
+    /*
+     * Here you can override the class names of the jobs used by this package. Make sure
+     * your custom jobs extend the ones provided by the package.
+     */
+    'jobs' => [
+        'perform_conversions' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Jobs\PerformConversions::class,
+        'generate_responsive_images' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Jobs\GenerateResponsiveImages::class,
+    ],
+];

resources/views/layouts/connected.blade.php

@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@
                         </div>
                         <div class="dropdown">
                             <a href="#" class="nav-link pr-0 leading-none" data-toggle="dropdown">
-                                @php($avatar = Auth::user()->getAvatar())
-                                <span class="avatar">
+                                @php($avatar = Auth::user()->getAvatar('icon'))
                                     @if($avatar !== '')
-                                        <img src="{{ Auth::user()->getAvatar() }}"/>
-                                    @else
-                                        {{ substr(Auth::user()->name, 0, 1) }}
-                                    @endif
+                                        <span>
+                                            <img src="{{ $avatar }}"/>
                                         </span>
+                                    @else
+                                        <span class="avatar">
+                                            {{ substr(Auth::user()->name, 0, 1) }}
+                                        </span>
+                                    @endif
                                 <span class="ml-2 d-none d-lg-block">
                                       <span class="text-default">{{ Auth::user()->name }}</span>
                                       <small class="text-muted d-block mt-1"></small>