Level 6
you can create your own folder inside public or storage folder for temporary files
Apr 29, 2016
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Level 1
How to get the folder for temporary files
My application needs to store temporary files.
What is the common folder Laravel uses for temporary files? And is there a system call to retrieve that folder in my code?
Level 1
I can create my own, but isn't there a default folder for temporary files managed by Laravel?
Level 50
You can also get the operating systems temp directory using PHP (and make temp files). Eg,
$temp = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'myApp_');
print $temp;
// /tmp/myApp_Z104Q.tmp
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Level 1
@ohffs : yes, I will use sys_get_temp_dir() if Laravel does not provide a standardized folder.
Level 29
temp files are not managed by laravel, its managed by the web server.
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Level 1
Sure, files in the system temp folder are managed by the OS.
But because using temporary files is a common feature I hoped Laravel has a common, standardized, solution. Since the folder has to be writable at run-time by the web server, it needs special attention when deploying. Laravel could have something to make sure rights are set correctly.
As it looks now I have to come up with my own solution.
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Level 27
5 years late to the game, but i think this package will solve the problem
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Level 2
@laracoft yes, thank you :)))))
Level 3
@laracoft how can I use this package with the spatie media libaray
Level 27
@tariqbilal better to start a new discussion and explain what you want to do but can't, followed by what you already tried to fix the problem
Level 3
@laracoft I sorted out the issue thanks.
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