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Hi all Sorry for a basic question. I'm trying to upload files to public folder on production server (shared hosting). I've created a public drive uploads in config/filesystems.php with the following configurations 'uploads' => [ 'driver' => 'local', 'root' => public_path('uploads'), 'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/uploads', 'visibility' => 'public', ],
storage link is also established.
When file is uploaded $flag_icon->storeAs('countries', $filename, 'uploads'); it is moved to app/public/uploads folder, I want it to be moved to public_html/laravel/public folder. How can this be established?
a far better solution is to make public the document root and not public_html
As well as better for the security of your site, you dont have to keep looking for workarounds.
It also means that the directory structure of your development environment matches production
@Snapey Thanks for your advise
@abiddev You should not be trying to store user-uploaded files in a publicly-accessible directory. This is a security risk, as if a bad actor uploads a file with malicious code, they now have a back door into your server since you make it nicely accessible for them via a URL.
Instead, you should be uploading files to a private directory, and then generating thumbnails for display in your website.
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