How to remove public dir from storage path in Laravel 5.2

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I am using below code

dd(URL(env("UserFolder") . \Auth::user()->UserID . "/" . \Auth::user()->UniqueFileName));

which gives below result.

http://localhost/SportsApp/public/storage/User17/9.png

Is there any way to remove public directory from this Url: http://localhost/SportsApp/public/storage/User17/9.png?

I meant Is there any inbuilt method that gives me Url for Storage directory?

those are your custom methods, there is no way we can see what's happening inside ;) — Denis Mysenko, Jun 03 '16 at 00:08
I meant Is there any inbuilt method that gives me Url for Storage directory? — Pankaj, Jun 03 '16 at 00:14
yes, there are helper functions, eg. storage_path() for storage folder, public_path() for public folder, base_path() for root folder, etc — Denis Mysenko, Jun 03 '16 at 00:23
Can i use any method that returns only http://localhost/SportsApp ? — Pankaj, Jun 03 '16 at 01:22
@Helper That's up to your webserver configuration, not PHP/Laravel. — ceejayoz, Jun 03 '16 at 02:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You need to use correct web server VH configuration. Set public directory as root for Laravel project VH.

The restart server and use URLs like http://localhost/img/User17/9.png?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Jun 03 '16 at 03:11

Alexey Mezenin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '16 at 05:19

By default users can't access your storage folder by security reasons, they only can access public. So if you wish to return some file from storage you should do it manually

Route::get('get-file', function() {
    return response()->file(storage_path().'path_to_your_file');
});

or you can move your user's files into public dir and get links on it using asset

asset(env("UserFolder") . \Auth::user()->UserID . "/" . \Auth::user()->UniqueFileName));

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 04 '16 at 23:20

Your webserver DocumentRoot should point to /path/to/you/laravel/project/public

You could do something like this

$publicPath = 'img/avatar/generic.svg';    
public_path($publicPath);


public_path() // returns the system path to your document root  
$publicPath // is the path using your public/ as root

Combine those and you get the full path, e.g. "/var/www/project/public/img/avatar/generic.svg"

How to remove public dir from storage path in Laravel 5.2

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