Laravel Storage symlink

Question

I'm trying to access files that are stored in storage/app/.../.../file.png.

I have created a symlink, linking my storage folder to public/storage.

When I try to access the appropriate file, my server throws a 404, saying file not found. Clearly I'm not accessing it the right way but I dont know what to change.

<img src="{{asset('storage/app/puppy/18/ax2Fk08nyWrV6TwTOnsXNCkNGuIdFebB7TTfPYGb.png')}}" alt="">

Answer 1

when you create symlink in laravel then it create symlink of storage/app/public folder to public/storage folder. That means if you want to access any files publicly then place all your files inside storage/app/public folder and access it like this

<img src="{{asset('storage/puppy/18/test.png')}}" alt="">

Here it means the file test.png should be physically at storage/app/public/puppy/18 folder.

Execute php artisan storage:link for creating symlink in laravel

Hope it clear you

Answer 2

For shared hostings try below solutions

Code:

1) Remove storage folder in public_html/public/storage

2) Create a php file for example symlink.php in public_html folder

3) Add codes to symlink.php file

$targetFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/storage';
symlink($targetFolder,$linkFolder);
echo 'Symlink process successfully completed';

4) Go to web site example.com/symlink.php

That is all...

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