I am still not very clear in which folder to save the files uploaded by the user such as avatars, or the images of a post etc.
I've already read the guide https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/filesystem but couldn't figure out the best solution.
I can safely upload files to:
storage / app / folder
Or in
storage / app / public / folder
For example, I use the following code to load avatars and it is saved in storage/app/avatars:
$path = $request->file('avatar')->store('avatars');
If they need to be publicly accessible they need to end up in public some where. If you have setup the storage link then the public disk which is set as its root to storage/app/public will be accessible via yoursite.blah/storage as it is symlinked to the public/storage folder
normally in this route: storage/app/public/folder
Just remind you that if you create a folder, example: avatar and you want to save there all the avatars
you have to register that folder in the filesystems configuration file: config/filesystems.php
you have also more examples, in the filesystem documentation
I entered the second line for the avatars, in my controller I save the file like this:
$path = $request->file('avatar')->store('avatars');
But keep uploading it to storage/app/avatars
'links' => [
public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public'),
public_path('avatars') => storage_path('app/public/avatars'),
],
Related
On my Laravel website I'm using symlink to store and show the images from storage.
With
php artisan storage:link
I had created the symlink and everytime when I upload a new news article, the image is uploaded in the main Storage and with symlink it's setup to the public folder and I'm displaying the image properly.
So far so good, but when I've created a copy of the website, a problem appears...
When I've created a copy of the website with cPanels File Manager, and move to a new location, the storage symlink in the public directory has become a folder, not a symlink.
After that when I try to upload a new news article, I can see it's uploaded in the main Storage folder, but not in the public/storage, so as a result the image is not displaying. That's because it's not a symlink anymore, but now it's a folder.
I've deleted the storage folder from the public directory, with SSH I've used the command again
php artisan storage:link
and I've created a new news article and the image is displaying properly, but now all other images are gone.
Is there any command that will regenerate the paths, so all other images will be display again?
I'm using Laravel 5.5
You can solve it in another way to create a symlinkexample.php file
into your public folder and run the file path into browser.
Then Storage folder will be created into public folder. Folder path
will be public/storage with linked to your public folder.
Code below for symlinkexample.php :
<?php
$targetFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/public/storage';
symlink($targetFolder,$linkFolder);
echo 'Symlink process successfully completed';
?>
Try this:
In route/web.php add the following code:
Route::get('/storage', function(){
\Artisan::call('storage:link');
return "Se han vinculado las imágenes";
});
If for some reason you are using different file structure and for some reason don't have terminal access, \Artisan::call('storage:link') will fail since it won't find public path.
Route::get('cmd', function(){
$process = new Process(['ln', '[symlink-here]','[target-folder]' ]);
$process->run();
// executes after the command finishes
if (!$process->isSuccessful()) {
throw new ProcessFailedException($process);
}
echo $process->getOutput();
});
read about Process class here
I store files in storage.
No I tried to generate link that open file like:
http://[temp.com]/storage/tests/de139607636857fade861a3c2c472643.txt
But it does not work.
How to open file from storage by URL address?
Files in the storage are not accessible by url by default
You could use Public Disk. For that you need to create symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public
From Larvel 5.3 and up, you have artisan command that will help you to create symlink
php artisan storage:link
If you are using older version of Laravel, you can find an answer how to create symbolic link here
Another approach would be to create new disk "uploads", by editing the file config/filesystems.php
'disks' => [
'local' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path(),
],
'uploads' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => public_path() . '/uploads',
],
]
To store files in this location
Storage::disk('uploads')->put($file_name, $file_content);
And to get the file
asset('uploads/'. $file_name)
The storage directory exists outside the web root, as some of the stuff in there shouldn't necessarily be publicly accessible.
https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/filesystem#the-public-disk
The public disk is intended for files that are going to be publicly accessible. By default, the public disk uses the local driver and stores these files in storage/app/public. To make them accessible from the web, you should create a symbolic link from public/storage to storage/app/public. This convention will keep your publicly accessible files in one directory that can be easily shared across deployments when using zero down-time deployment systems like Envoyer.
I strongly recommend not to modify the Laravel's directory structure.
What I would do is to create a URL to download the file, for example:
Route::get('download/{file}', 'DownloadsController#index');
And in that method's controller, put some logic to assert that the file exists and serve it with a response download, for example
public function index($file)
{
$filePath = storage_path('tests/'.$file);
if (! file_exists($filePath)) {
// Some response with error message...
}
return response()->download($filePath);
}
Then you can download your file with a link like this
http://[temp.com]/download/de139607636857fade861a3c2c472643.txt
The controller's way allows you to make some authentication checks before serving the file for example, or to count how many times the file was downloaded.
I'm having trouble installing/moving laravel to web server, i downloaded and set laravel on my local linux server but when i moved it to web server ,it shows a blank page.
I uploaded the public folder contents to public_html and other contents outside the public, also i changed the public DIR from paths.php on bootstrap folder as follow: 'public' => __DIR__.'/../public_html/' so what is the exact problem? Please help me with this issue. Is composer a problem? or what?
1) Create a new directory called ‘laravel4′ adjacent to ‘public_html’ so that your remote file structure now looks like this:
[.htpasswds]
[etc]
[laravel4]
[mail]
[public_ftp]
[public_html] etc etc varies depending on server
2) Upload the contents of your local ‘public’ directory to the remote directory ‘public_html’. Note: Be sure not to copy the whole ‘public’ directory, JUST it’s contents.
3) Upload everything else within your local Laravel project to the new remote ‘laravel4′ directory. Check: Now when you view the ‘laravel4′ folder over FTP/SSH/Whatever, you should see all your ‘app’ & ‘bootstrap’ directories along with all the other files and directories, but NOT ‘public’.
4) Edit the remote file ‘public_html/index.php’ and make the following change:
//from:
require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
//and
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/start.php';
//to:
require __DIR__.'/../laravel4/bootstrap/autoload.php';
//and
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../laravel4/bootstrap/start.php';
5) Edit the remote file ‘laravel4/bootstrap/paths.php’ and make the following change:
//from:
'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',
//to:
'public' => __DIR__.'/../../public_html',
6) That should be it. In my case, that was enough to restructure everything. Routes are working with the default .htaccess file. If you have problems, let me know, or ask on the ever-helpful
Reference: http://myquickfix.co.uk/2013/08/hosting-laravel-4-on-cpanel-type-hosting-public_html/
I am trying to upload my Laravel project onto my web server, but my past two attempts have been unsuccessful. I believe I am not uploading the files to the right location.
This is my web server's structure ->
Am I correct to say that I need to upload ALL of my laravel files into public_html?
This is my Laravel project's directory :
EDIT : I have now added all the files onto the root folder, and public into public_html, however none of my routes seem to work. (They work perfectly on localhost). Everything throws a 404
No, but you have a couple of options:
The easiest is to upload all the files you have into that directory you're in (i.e. the cPanel user home directory), and put the contents of public into public_html. That way your directory structure will be something like this (slightly messy but it works):
/
.composer/
.cpanel/
...
app/ <- your laravel app directory
etc/
bootstrap/ <- your laravel bootstrap directory
mail/
public_html/ <- your laravel public directory
vendor/
artisan <- your project's root files
You may also need to edit bootstrap/paths.php to point at the correct public directory.
The other solution, if you don't like having all these files in that 'root' directory would be to put them in their own directory (maybe 'laravel') that's still in the root directory and then edit the paths to work correctly. You'll still need to put the contents of public in public_html, though, and this time edit your public_html/index.php to correctly bootstrap the application. Your folder structure will be a lot tidier this way (though there could be some headaches with paths due to messing with the framework's designed structure more):
/
.composer/
.cpanel/
...
etc/
laravel/ <- a directory containing all your project files except public
app/
bootstrap/
vendor/
artisan
mail/
public_html/ <- your laravel public directory
I believe - your Laravel files/folders should not be placed in root directory.
e.g. If your domain is pointed to public_html directory then all content should placed in that directory. How ? let me tell you
Copy all files and folders ( including public folder ) in public_html
Copy all content of public folder and paste it in document root ( i.e. public_html )
Remove the public folder
Open your bootstrap/paths.php and then changed 'public' => __DIR__.'/../public', into 'public' => __DIR__.'/..',
and finally in index.php,
Change
require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/start.php';
into
require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/start.php';
Your Laravel application should work now.
If you are trying to host your Laravel app on a shared hosting, this may help you.
Hosting Laravel on shared hosting #1
Hosting Laravel on shared hosting #2
If you want PHP 5.4 add this line to your .htaccess file or call your hosting provider.
AddType application/x-httpd-php54 .php
In Laravel 5.x there is no paths.php
so you should edit public/index.php and change this lines in order to to pint to your bootstrap directory:
require __DIR__.’/../bootstrap/autoload.php’;
$app = require_once __DIR__.’/../bootstrap/app.php’;
for more information you can read this article.
Had this problem too and found out that the easiest way is to point your domain to the public folder and leave everything else the way they are.
PLEASE ENSURE TO USE THE RIGHT VERSION OF PHP. Save yourself some stress :)
All of your Laravel files should be in one location.
Laravel is exposing its public folder to server. That folder represents some kind of front-controller to whole application. Depending on you server configuration, you have to point your server path to that folder. As I can see there is www site on your picture. www is default root directory on Unix/Linux machines.
It is best to take a look inside you server configuration and search for root directory location. As you can see, Laravel has already file called .htaccess, with some ready Apache configuration.
I'm about to deploy laravel 4 on a shared web host into a subdomain and I'm a bit confused about what to do. I got it working on a hostpapa account but wasnt happy with the configuration and switched providers for the testing environment.
I've created the following folders:
domain/private/myApps/golfmanager
I've placed in here all the files and folders except the public folder
I've then placed the contents of the public folder into this folder:
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs
I'm not sure what to do now! I understand I need to change the paths in bootstrap/path.php
Can someone provide some pointers of what needs to be changed for this folder set up. Don't want to break it!!
Thanks
This is super easy on shared hosting.
Step 1: Understanding your folder structure. The layout of your shared hosting should generally look something like this:
/
username
home
public_html
subdomain-name
laravel-files (optional)
...other folders etc
As you hopefully know, all your public files for your site will be in your public_html folder.
Note: sometimes a subdomain will be inside the public_html folder. That is okay but I recommend creating your subdomain folder above the root for a little bit of extra security. You can do that easily in cPanel but changing the path to the subdomain when you are creating it.
Step 2: Upload your Laravel files above the root (above public_html) or in a subfolder if you want it to be cleaner.
For a small project I generally upload the files into the "home" folder above. But for cleaner structure you may want to create a folder inside that "home" folder called "laravel-files".
What follows is how to do it in an "laravel-files" folder. If you upload them to "home" instead then all you need to do is get rid of all references to "/laravel-files" below.
Step 3: edit your public/index.php and your bootstrap/paths.php files:
In paths.php
change
'app' => __DIR__.'/../app',
to:
'app' => __DIR__.'/../laravel-files/app',
change:
'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',
to:
'public' => __DIR__,
change:
'base' => __DIR__.'/..',
to:
'base' => __DIR__.'/../laravel-files',
change:
'storage' => __DIR__.'/../app/storage',
to:
'storage' => __DIR__.'/../laravel-files/app/storage',
In index.php
change:
require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
to:
require __DIR__.'/../laravel-files/bootstrap/autoload.php';
change:
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/start.php';
to:
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../laravel-files/bootstrap/start.php';
Now what you'll need to do is, as I said upload your laravel project to your "laravel files" folder.
The only thing you wont upload there is the contents of your laravel "public" folder, which should instead be uploaded to your "subdomain-name" folder (this includes your index.php and all your css js files etc).
Hope this helps!
Please note my answer is based on this question: How to install Laravel 4 to a web host subfolder without publicly exposing /app/ folder? but tailored for your situation.
I'm not sure this is the way to go, because, since your folders are completely different, it's doable but you probably will need to create symlinks for this to work this way.
Laravel is supposed to have the folder hiearchy you see in your application and you should have
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/app
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/bootstrap
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/public
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/vendor
So, what I think you can do it to put everything on
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs
And ask your domain administrator to set the document root of your application to
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/public
This way, when you point your browser to
http://golfmanager.yourdomain.com
It will access this index file:
domain/subdomains/golfmanager/httpddocs/public/index.php
This is how Laravel is supposed to work.
Josh answer was very helpful, but it did not work or did not matched my case.
I will tailor my solution like his one, so everyone could follow easily:
Step 1: My chosen folder structure:
/
home
username
public_html
subdomain-name
laravel-files
...other folders etc
Note: my subdomain is inside the public_html folder.
Step 2: Uploaded my Laravel files above the root (above/out of public_html) in a subfolder: laravel-files (//home/username/laravel-files)
Step 3: edit your public/index.php and your bootstrap/paths.php files:
In paths.php
Don't change:
'app' => __DIR__.'/../app',
to:
'app' => __DIR__.'/../../laravel-files/app',
because it's useless - it will evaluate to the following path:
"/home/username/laravel-files/bootstrap/../../laravel-files/app"
so the default is enough to just get out of bootstrap and enter app.
Instead, change:
'public' => __DIR__.'/../public',
to:
'public' => __DIR__.'/../../public_html/subdomain-name',
Also, don't change:
'base' => DIR.'/..',
'storage' => DIR.'/../app/storage',
In index.php
change:
require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
to:
require __DIR__.'/../../laravel-files/bootstrap/autoload.php';
and change:
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/start.php';
to:
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../../laravel-files/bootstrap/start.php';
Upload your laravel project to the "laravel-files" folder, except the public folder.
Content of "public" folder, should instead be uploaded to the "subdomain-name" folder.