How do I access an image inside the public_html directory outside of the public_html directory

@tykus I've tried to symlink like this:

In public_html:

<?php
symlink('/home/lfg/lfg/storage/app/public', '/home/lfg/public_html/storage');

But with no success

@ilex01 does your host allow symlinks? Do you have CLI access to run this manually? Is there a cpanel tool to achieve this?

@tykus I think that my host allows symlinks, yes.

Here is the CLI command that I ran:

I get this error. symlink(): No such file or directory

Here is the screencaptyre of th CLI. https://i.gyazo.com/4009f161c1b5b5d7108230a23042b6fd.png

For the cPanel tool, which one?

@ilex01 how is this application being served? You have a Laravel application inside lfg? Is public_html the effective public directory for this application?

@tykus The application is hosted in a VPS. I've a Laravel application inside the lfg folder: https://i.gyazo.com/30e48b7a57cc4e3ef9d1bd7f744d19e4.png https://i.gyazo.com/2e2c92894b8acf2cc2a9e90a9dc97f0f.png

public_html is the effective public directory for this application. https://i.gyazo.com/7df791a43ea2cebb3b4d735b7e240518.png

@idew How do I get the URL of the image uploaded inside a directory located outside of the public_html folder?

https://i.gyazo.com/93da1d36ecd90155aa4a53444d3ac5ae.png https://i.gyazo.com/a4a9e71c63e3391c05b9b2921caa28d7.png

@ilex01 If the Laravel application is publicly accessible, it should be https://YOURAPPDOMAIN/avatar/IMAGENAME.

Although, since it looks like those avatar images were uploaded and have randomly generated names, I'd create an API endpoint in the Laravel app that returns either the URL for an avatar image or the avatar image itself for a given user.