Linking Storage folder without using Artisan

Just put the assets under public. Do you have Laravel set up correctly meaning the folder structure.

If you don't have SSH access to your server, you can't create a symlink from the public directory to the storage folder. At least, not with any Control Panel i know of.

You could ask your hosting provided, possibly they can create it for you?

Alternatively, as jlrdw suggested, store your assets in the public directory.

You can still use the asset helper when they're stored under htdocs.

However the main laravel needs to be above public or htdocs. Some hosting this may be called public_html.

If you do not know how to properly do this add a reply for more help I have a reference as to how to set everything.

If not setup correctly there are serious security problems.

You can also use S3 or another cloud storage and use that instead of storing locally on your machine.

Another possible solution is to try to run the artisan storage:link command via a route or something (and remove the route when done executing it). https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/artisan#programmatically-executing-commands

Thanks @jlrdw and @Thyrosis . My directory structure is actually very perfect.

I think I found a way. If I can have a way of calling artisan command via code that will be very helpful.

Thanks @Cronix. I think running the artisan via a route is my best solution at the moment which I will later remove after executing it just as you said.

But I am actually very new to Laravel :(

Is there a way you can help me with the code for the route to run the artisan here. Please.

Its basically like the docs show...

Route::get('/foo', function () {
    Artisan::call('storage:link');
});

Thanks @Cronix So Much :).

I tried running it now, and i got this error.

(1/1) ErrorException symlink() has been disabled for security reasons

Ok. Your shared hosting won't allow you to create symlinks, so you're kind of limited. You'll either have to just use the /public dir, or use an external storage solution (like AWS S3).

Thank you very much. @Cronix