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If you just want a string, then replace $sell->image = json_encode($imagelist); with $sell->i...

Check out Intervention Image here. That should help you work with images with ease. Sample: $image =...

To get back to the first issue... Route::get('/products/{productname}', array( 'as' => 'whatever'...

Try changing the handle parameters public function handle($request, Closure $next) { ... }

Try this to get the response data from the stream. $response->getBody();