How to handle errors when using Storage::download()?

Hello,

How can I handle errors when using the Storage::download() method? In the docs there is not much information, other than the code to download: https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/filesystem#downloading-files

For example, when the path to a file is wrong (or maybe they file was deleted) and i attempt to download from that path, I get:

Unable to retrieve the file_size for file ...

How can I handle it and return my errors instead?

Thanks

tangtang

2 years ago

Best Answer

Level 6

@ligonsker

check it first with

if(Storage::exists('path to file')){
	Storage::download('file path here')
}else{
	//add some action here like message to inform the file / path is not available
}

the docs here https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/filesystem#retrieving-files

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Ligonsker

2 years ago

Level 8

@tangtang thanks, that's the one

Snapey

2 years ago

Level 122

As with all errors, you can wrap in try-catch

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