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To render a blob as an image, you would have to set the correct headers
<?php
header("Content-type: image/jpeg");
echo Storage::get('file.jpg');
?>
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Mar 6, 2015
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Storage get image as file
I was able to use Storage::put() to upload an image. In this case, I use the local disk driver, and I could browse to the storage folder and view the file. However, in Laravel when I want to view the file using Storage::get() I get the contents as a string rather than as an image file. My question is how I can turn this into a file that I can use in my view.
Level 41
Check out intervention - it will handle setting the appropriate response headers for your images (and do a lot more for you!)
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I don't get it working, also not with Intervention. The only thing that seems to work is putting this in my controller:
$photo = $this->photos->findOrFail($photoId);
$file = Storage::get('uploads/photos/'.$photo->filename); //The filename is stored in a database.
return response($file, 200)->header('Content-Type', 'image/jpeg');
However, this does not allow me to create a gallery of my photos at some point.
Level 3
I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve here. If you want to show your image on your site, you can just use an img tag.
<img src="uploads/photos/{{ $photo->filename }}">
Level 1
But that would not work as soon as I switch the disk from local to a cloud one. Would that always require me to change the views?
Level 3
You could always output it as a base64 encoded blob.
<img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,{{ base64_encode($file) }}">
That way, it doesn't matter where you get your image from.
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Level 1
That works (with local disk, still have to test cloud). Thanks! Although the page source now looks horrible :P
Level 1
Yes it seems the filesystem with storage is not intended to use on the app for gallery public viewing, only on a separate view or download page via response.
Level 1
Why does the @if statement find the file but when I attempt to show the file it fails.
@if (Storage::disk('local')->exists('Images/' . $user->username . '/' . $user->profile->avatar)) <img src="{{ Storage::disk('local')->get('Images/' . $user->username . '/' . $user->profile->avatar) }}" style="width:150px; height:150px; float: left; border-radius:50%; margin-right:25px; padding-top: 10px;">
Level 122
because Storage is private. The file exists but it's not in public space.
Oh, and start your own thread if you want people to see you question!
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Hello and thanks for responding, I purposely posted only to you because I felt you could answer all of my questions :-). However, I have figured it out, Storage:: and how local and public disk differ was the issue. I wanted all of my images to be secure no matter what from the outside. So I used Local with a directory structure of /Images/{username}/files and it is working perfectly.
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