Laravel asset() incorrect link

Question

I am using "public" fiilesystem driver and I store files at:

PROJECT_ROOT/storage/app/public/message_files

But I can also access them from here (since I've created a symlink):

PROJECT_ROOT/public/storage/message_files

Then I try to get a link to the file using asset() helper and it receives a path like this one:

message_files/gwYRplTEyX9O3Z1sOYXxk2C3ZfLVSiIZF93nZbjz.txt

and returns:

http://localhost/message_files/gwYRplTEyX9O3Z1sOYXxk2C3ZfLVSiIZF93nZbjz.txt

As you can see, there's no "storage" directory in the URL, so the link is incorrect. My question is: can we set any settings so that the "storage" directory isn't omitted?

Here is my filesystems.config:

<?php

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Default Filesystem Disk
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may specify the default filesystem disk that should be used
    | by the framework. The "local" disk, as well as a variety of cloud
    | based disks are available to your application. Just store away!
    |
    */

    'default' => env('FILESYSTEM_DRIVER', 'public'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Default Cloud Filesystem Disk
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Many applications store files both locally and in the cloud. For this
    | reason, you may specify a default "cloud" driver here. This driver
    | will be bound as the Cloud disk implementation in the container.
    |
    */

    'cloud' => env('FILESYSTEM_CLOUD', 's3'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Filesystem Disks
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may configure as many filesystem "disks" as you wish, and you
    | may even configure multiple disks of the same driver. Defaults have
    | been setup for each driver as an example of the required options.
    |
    | Supported Drivers: "local", "ftp", "s3", "rackspace"
    |
    */

    'disks' => [

        'local' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app'),
        ],

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

        's3' => [
            'driver' => 's3',
            'key' => env('AWS_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET'),
            'region' => env('AWS_REGION'),
            'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),
        ],

    ],

];

Thanks in advance!

Gras Double Gras Double · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-13T09:18:52

It's normal that asset() points to the public root, and changing this would probably have side effects.

You may be looking for Storage::url().

Laravel asset() incorrect link

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