Laravel Storage facade not returning good path

Question

I'm trying to upload some files to a specific "disk" in Laravel and then to retrieve the URL from these files.

Here is my config/filesystem.php file:

'disks' => [
    ...
    'thumbnails' => [
        'driver' => 'local',
        'root' => storage_path('app/public/pictures/thumbnails'),
        'visibility' => 'public',
    ],
    ...
],

Here is the way I handle an uploaded file (very basic, just for testing purposes):

Route::post('upload', function(Request $request) {
    $file = $request->file('file');
    $path = $file->storeAs('/', 'myFile.'.$file->getClientOriginalExtension(), 'thumbnails');
    return dd($path);
});

The file /storage/app/public/pictures/thumbnails/myFile.jpg is created, which is fine, but $path equals "myFile.jpg" instead of the full path. First strange thing.

Then if I use:

$url = Storage::disk('thumbnails')->url('myFile.jpg');

$url equals "/storage/myFile.jpg" instead of "/storage/app/public/pictures/thumbnails/myFile.jpg".

Am I missing something ?

Justas S Justas S · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-01T20:09:32

By default the disk url method just prepends /storage as stated in the docs.

To customize the url add a url to your config:

'thumbnails' => [
    'driver' => 'local',
    'root' => storage_path('app/public/pictures/thumbnails'),
    'visibility' => 'public',
    'url' => 'the url',
],

Laravel Storage facade not returning good path

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