Downloading Files in Laravel

I have tried various ways to download a file from the server but cannot solve it, I get an error calling the undefined method Symfony \ Component \ HttpFoundation \ BinaryFileResponse :: header () In the documentation it says how to implement but still getting error.

 public function descargarExcel()
{
    $filename ='FormatoExcel.xlsx';
   
    $path = storage_path($filename);

    return response()->download($path, $filename);
}

rodrigo.pedra

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 56

Just tried the snippet above and have it working.

At first I thought on maybe you got the file on the wrong path, as usually user files are stored in./storage/app ($path = storage_path('app/'. $filename);) and not just at ./storage.

But I tried with a file in both paths and it works.

The only thing I can think of is broken dependencies.

To test it out:

remove you project's ./vendor folder.
Run composer install from a terminal at your project's root folder.
Remove any .php file from this folder: ./bootstrap/cache inside your project
Try downloading the file again.

Another thing that just crossed my mind is if you could have any middleware that manipulates the response.

If you can please run:

php artisan route:list --path=download

Where you should replace download by whatever the route path that runs this code is. For example, if this code is run on a route with a path /admin/users/{user}/profile/report you should run:

php artisan route:list --path=admin/users/{user}/profile/report

And post the results.

Note that I didn't include the route's first forward-slash.

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eLekun

5 years ago

Level 1

Indeed if the function worked, execute php artisan route: list --path = "my route" and I had a middleware that was giving problems, I eliminated it and it downloaded without problems, thanks

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rodrigo.pedra

5 years ago

Level 56

Great to know it worked out! Have a nice day =)

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