title: Laravel Blade Forms : File Old data
body: <p>I have the following code for updating, which is working for text fields :</p>
  
  <pre><code>{!! Form::text('username', @$admin-&gt;adminName, ['placeholder' =&gt; 'Enter the username']) !!}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But for files :</p>
  
  <pre><code>{!! Form::file('image',  @$admin-&gt;photo) !!}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It throws the following error :</p>
  
  <p><code>Illegal string offset 'name'</code></p>