Laravel Symbolic Link not working

Question

I have some problems creating a symbolic link with laravel to access files that are in my storage

I am storing my files in storage\app\public

I used the php artisan command to create the link php artisan storage: link The [public/storage] directory has been linked.

Earlier files were storing in storage\app\public and were also visible in public\storage folder

But now they are only storing in storage\app\public and not visible in public\storage folder

I am using link to show file path {{ Storage::url($package->reportPath['path']) }} Path is showing correct but it redirect to 404 page as there is no file I guess.

are you using `homestead`? – Sapnesh Naik Feb 06 '18 at 06:56 — Sapnesh Naik, Feb 06 '18 at 06:56
@SapneshNaik No, I am using Xampp – Ndroid21 Feb 06 '18 at 06:58 — Ndroid21, Feb 06 '18 at 06:58

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '21 at 09:51

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This solved it for me on laravel 8, hosted on a ec2 server.

rm public/storage
php artisan optimize:clear
php artisan storage:link

answered Aug 26 '21 at 09:51

sweetkaos

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '22 at 15:23

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Try removing your public/storage directory and try running storage:link again. This worked for me.

answered Jul 16 '22 at 15:23

Nysh

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Rohit shah · Answer 3 · 2018-02-06T08:06:14.037

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If you are trying to Show the stored file use asset()

asset('storage/further_path/').$file_name;

To store file you can do

$destinationPath = storage_path('app/public/further_path'); 
if (!is_dir($destinationPath)) {
    mkdir($destinationPath, 0777, TRUE); 
} 
$request->file->move($destinationPath,$filename);

Hope this Helps You.

Let me Know if You have any problem.

edited Feb 06 '18 at 08:06

answered Feb 06 '18 at 07:23

Rohit shah

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I need my symbolic link to work. Files are storing in `storage\app\public` but not visible in `public\storage` – Ndroid21 Feb 06 '18 at 07:41
symbolic link might be giving you system path which is not a url to view file hence returning you 404 – Rohit shah Feb 06 '18 at 07:47
What should I do then? – Ndroid21 Feb 06 '18 at 07:51
instead of storage::url do asset – Rohit shah Feb 06 '18 at 07:51
and where should I store my files? – Ndroid21 Feb 06 '18 at 07:55
store file $destinationPath = storage_path('app/public/further_path'); if (!is_dir($destinationPath)) { mkdir($destinationPath, 0777, TRUE); } $file->move($path,$filename); – Rohit shah Feb 06 '18 at 08:00
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/164595/discussion-between-rohit-shah-and-programmingarrow). – Rohit shah Feb 06 '18 at 08:01

Laravel Symbolic Link not working

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