How to get file URL using Storage facade in laravel 5?

Question

I\'ve been experimenting using the new Flysystem integration with Laravel 5. I am storing \'localised\' paths to the DB, and getting the Storage facade to complete the path

Answer 1

This is how I got it to work - switching between s3 and local directory paths with an environment variable, passing the path to all views.

In .env:

APP_FILESYSTEM=local or s3
S3_BUCKET=BucketID

In config/filesystems.php:

'default' => env('APP_FILESYSTEM'),

In app/Providers/AppServiceProvider:

public function boot()
{
    view()->share('dynamic_storage', $this->storagePath());
}

protected function storagePath()
{
    if (Storage::getDefaultDriver() == 's3') {
        return Storage::getDriver()
                ->getAdapter()
                ->getClient()
                ->getObjectUrl(env('S3_BUCKET'), '');
    }

    return URL::to('/');
}