Retrieve php file from storage

Could you explain why you want to serve PHP files from the public folder?

Are the PHP files uploaded by the user or user-generated?

Are you attempting to render the PHP file or do you just want to serve the raw data as text?

Laravel's public/.htaccess redirects all PHP file requests to public/index.php by design. The framework is supposed to have a single entry point for all requests.

The files are only used by me. I am uploading them to easily be able to download them using a visual list.

I am attempting to serve the data as text. Tried using file_get_contents() with the given path which returns 404. Maybe it’s better to use another extension

You could create a controller in order to stream the file as plain text (untested code):

public function stream($fileName)
{
    $fullPath = public_path('storage/' . $fileName);

    return response()->file($fullPath, ['Content-Type' => 'text/plain']);
}

Be careful that the end user doesn't end up requesting an unauthorized file.

I will try this. Thanks!