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I have stored my images in following storage directory:

  storage\app\images\

I now need to make this directory publicly accessible.

I stored and created the 'image disk' as follows:

in my controller:

 Storage::makeDirectory('images');

 Storage::disk('images')->put($imagename, $image);

Then in my config/filesystems i created another disk:

  'images' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/images'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/storage',
            'visibility' => 'public',
        ],

there is already a symlink to the storage/app/public. How do I now make the new directory public.

I tried accessing the image like this:

<img src="{{url('storage/app/images/image.jpeg')}}"> 

It gave error message image not found.

I also tried to manually create a link:

ln -s storage/app/images  public/storage/app/images

EDIT:

Please note that for reason beyond this question, I cannot store my images in:

storage/app/public

The only directory available to me is:

storage\app\images\

So the issue is how to make the above directory publicly accessible.

In answer to @skdishansachin my .env has this entry:

FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local

and in answer to @Hello There

this is the error;

404 Not Found

https://testSite/storage/app/images/image.jpeg

I have stored my images in following storage directory:

  storage\app\images\

I now need to make this directory publicly accessible.

I stored and created the 'image disk' as follows:

in my controller:

 Storage::makeDirectory('images');

 Storage::disk('images')->put($imagename, $image);

Then in my config/filesystems i created another disk:

  'images' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/images'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/storage',
            'visibility' => 'public',
        ],

there is already a symlink to the storage/app/public. How do I now make the new directory public.

I tried accessing the image like this:

<img src="{{url('storage/app/images/image.jpeg')}}"> 

It gave error message image not found.

I also tried to manually create a link:

ln -s storage/app/images  public/storage/app/images

EDIT:

Please note that for reason beyond this question, I cannot store my images in:

storage/app/public

The only directory available to me is:

storage\app\images\

So the issue is how to make the above directory publicly accessible.

In answer to @skdishansachin my .env has this entry:

FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local

and in answer to @Hello There

this is the error;

404 Not Found

https://testSite/storage/app/images/image.jpeg

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Jan 31 at 11:15 temple asked Jan 31 at 8:48 templetemple 2311 silver badge33 bronze badges 4

• Hi, did u run the comand: "php artisan storage:link" ? btw u can follow the Laravel docs for your version here: laravel.com/docs/6.x/filesystem#obtaining-disk-instances If there is something that it dosent works u following the docs, say the specific step that givs u the error and we will see it together – Hello There Commented Jan 31 at 9:26
• Can you share your .env file – skdishansachin Commented Jan 31 at 10:51
• hi @skdishansachin- i replied to your question above. my env has FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local – temple Commented Jan 31 at 11:10
• hi @HelloThere. Thanks for answer. I replied to your question in main body of question. I did read docs but they do not provide answer if i want to store images outside of storage/app/public – temple Commented Jan 31 at 11:12

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Sorry for the delay in my response. I am using Laravel 11 in a project, but from what I remember and have seen in the documentation, the way to register disks for file uploads in a Laravel project has not changed.

1. Create the Laravel Disk

In the config/filesystems.php file, create the disk you want:

In this case, I am creating the FAQs disk, but as you requested, it is outside the "storage/app/public" folder. In this case, it will be in "storage/app/faqs".

return [
    'disks' => [
        'faqs' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/faqs'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL') . '/faqs',
            'visibility' => 'public',
        ],
    ],
];

2. Add the Symbolic Link at the End of the config/filesystems.php

Finally, you need to establish the symbolic link so that Laravel registers it when the command is executed.

'links' => [
    public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public'),
    public_path('faqs') => storage_path('app/faqs'), // Add yours here, important to establish the same file hierarchy as before
],

3. Execute the Laravel Command

Now, execute the following command:

php artisan storage:link

This should generate the symbolic link to the new disk created in "storage". In this case, we have created a disk at the path storage/app/faqs.