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if($validator->passes()){

$image = Input::file('image');
				$title = Input::get('title');
				var_dump($image->getRealPath());
				$fileName = $image->getClientOriginalName(); 
				$path3 = public_path().'/public/img/'. $fileName;
				var_dump($fileName);
 
 /*
 Below I'm dumping/printing the path. Everything seems to be fine.
 */
				var_dump($path3).' ';
				print_r($path3).' ';
 
 /* 
 Testing to see if path is writable. On the first image upload, it's not writable (because "img" does not exist)
 */
				if(is_writable($path3)){
					echo ' '."It's writable".' ';
				} else {
					echo ' '."It's not writeable".' ';
				}

/* 
 Testing to see if makeDirectory has been made. makeDirectory returns a boolean. If makeDirectory is larger than 1, the the directory has been made
 */
				File::makeDirectory($path3, $mode = 0777, true, true);
				if (File::exists($path3) > 0){
					echo ' '.'It exists'.' ';
				} else {
					echo ' '.'It does not exist'.' ';
				}

/* 
 Testing to see if the path is writable. The answer is yes. Why? because the directory above has been made. 
 */
				if(is_writable($path3)){
					echo ' '."It's writable".' ';
				} else {
					echo ' '."It's not writeable".' ';
				}
				die();
 
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