Laravel - link to a file saved in storage folder

Question

When we do something like this:

Storage::disk(\'local\')->put(\'file.txt\', \'Contents\');

How do you make a link to that file in a view

Answer 1

Scenario--(working from a fresh Laravel 5.6 project install for reference): With the existing default paths being /public and /storage/app/public and you want to physically store your logo.png image in the /storage folder and render it on your Welcome page, the process would go something like this:

1. In your terminal, navigate to your Laravel project folder.
2. Run command php artisan storage:link
3. Now create the folder /images in your /storage/app/public folder which gives you /storage/app/public/images.
4. Look in your /public folder and you will see the (shortcut) subfolders /storage/images
5. Copy a test image named logo.png into the /storage/app/public/images folder.

6. In your project's welcome.blade.php under /resources/views paste the following code over the existing code:

   
       
   
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7. Save and open your project in your browser and you should see the logo image.

Having said all of that, later on you need a pdf folder to store uploaded pdf files. Easy, just create a new folder in /storage/app/public called /pdf and automatically the shortcut will appear in the /public folder. It is a once and "for all" solution.