Download file

how to access the file to be downloaded, whether it's in the folder

public / storage/uploads/

storage/ app/ public/ uploads

in my blade

<a href="{{route('download', $showUpload->id)}}" class="btn btn-primary">Download File</a>

in web

route::get('/download/{upload}', 'UploadController@download')->name('download');

in controller

public function download($id)
    {
        $image = Upload::find($id);

        return Storage::download($image->image, $image->title);

    }

and i get this

File not found at path: uploads/DOmAghSx3UydRznQQUNSgKfp3jXD503VxccalnJo.png

Sergiu17

4 years ago

Level 60

Try this

Storage::download(Storage::url($image->image), $image->title);

bobbybouwmann

4 years ago

Best Answer

Level 88

It depends on how you set up your storage driver. By default, the driver is set to local which means all files are stored inside /storage/app if you upload a file using the storage methods in Laravel.

Storage::download('file.jpg');

Note that the above code assumes that the file is stored in /storage/app/public/file.jpg

In your case, $image->image need to return uploads/file.jpg. Also, make sure that this file actually exists on that location.

The /public/storage/uploads/ directory is actually a symlink to /storage/app/public/uploads. The should contain the exact same files because of the symlink.

Documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystem

When using the local driver, all files that should be publicly accessible should be placed in the storage/app/public directory. Furthermore, you should create a symbolic link at public/storage which points to the storage/app/public directory.

Fajar

4 years ago

Level 2

@bobbybouwmann thank you after I understand again and I try to fix this problem has been resolved with

return Storage::download($image->image);

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