Error when trying to create a symlink on server.

You cannot use the artisan command as your public folder is not called public

You will need to create your own symlink using exec

@snapey Thank you for your reply. I have tried to create a link by executing the below code. It creates a link in the public_html folder called "storage", but the images that are stored in the path: homedirectory/findingproperty/storage/app/public/cover_images are still not displaying on the front end. I am not sure whether the target folder path and the link folder path in the code are set correct though.

<?php

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

?>

@louis12 Try this

<?php

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

?>

Because storage should be in public folder.

@michaloravec Thank you for the reply. I have executed the suggested code. A link called "storage" was created in: homedirectory/public_html/public, but the images still doesn't display on the front end. The path to the images in the blade view are:

src="/storage/cover_images/{{$property->cover_image}}"

The images does however display on the front end when manually placing them in the directory: homedirectory/public_html/storage.

If your laravel project is in the folder homedirectory then;

<?php

$targetFolder = base_path() . '/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = base_path() . '/public_html/storage/';
symlink($targetFolder,$linkFolder);
echo 'Symlink process successfully completed';

?>

@snapey Thank you! It worked after executing the script below:

<?php

$targetFolder = '/home2/property/findingproperty/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = '/home2/property/public_html/storage';
symlink($targetFolder,$linkFolder);
echo 'Symlink process successfully completed';

?>

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