On Windows I have Xampp. My application is in Anuglar and Laravel 8
I add files to folder public in storage folder.
Configuration in filesystem.php:
'public' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
In .env file:
APP_URL=http://localhost:8082/prftbx-crm-api/public
File in public folder:
Directory of C:\xampp\htdocs\crm-api\storage\app\public
06/25/2021 11:01 AM <DIR> .
06/25/2021 11:01 AM <DIR> ..
04/26/2021 10:57 PM 14 .gitignore
06/25/2021 11:01 AM 510 381787c3ad1442cc882ee427e93af805.txt
In Laravel I return url using method:
$fileDTO->filePath = Storage::url($fileEntity->file_name);
And in view I have address:
/storage/381787c3ad1442cc882ee427e93af805.txt
When I type url in the browser:
http://localhost:8082/crm-api/public/storage/381787c3ad1442cc882ee427e93af805.txt
I get 404, file not found
First run following command
php artisan storage:link
then you can
http://localhost:8082/storage/381787c3ad1442cc882ee427e93af805.txt
keep app url as
APP_URL=http://localhost:8082
As document says
The public disk included in your application's filesystems configuration file is intended for files that are going to be publicly accessible. By default, the public disk uses the local driver and stores its files in storage/app/public.
To make these files accessible from the web, you should create a symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public. Utilizing this folder convention will keep your publicly accessible files in one directory that can be easily shared across deployments when using zero down-time deployment systems like Envoyer.
To create the symbolic link, you may use the storage:link Artisan command:
php artisan storage:link Once a file has been stored and the symbolic link has been created, you can create a URL to the files using the asset helper: