Below won't work on a Windows machine
$file = $request->file('file_upload');
$sampleName = 'UserUpload';
$destination = app_path() . '/myStorage/';
$fileName = $sampleName . '-' . date('Y-m-d-H:i:s') . '.' .
$file->getClientOriginalExtension();
$file->move($destination, $fileName); ...