Laravel storage path in production server - laravel

Question

I do have a trouble to save generated excel file in the production server, I did set the storage path in /public/reports directory as like below:
$filename = "report-".date('YmdHis').".xlsx";
$storage_path = public_path('reports');
However, the file wouldn't be saved in reports folder but at the public folder, I've been tried
$storage_path = public_path().'\reports\\';
but this will save outside of the public folder.
I'm new in laravel, I appreciate if anyone can point out what is the workaround.
Edit
Here is the whole block:
public function handle()
{
$spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
$sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
$sheet->getStyle('C')->getAlignment()->setHorizontal('left');
$sheet->getColumnDimension('A')->setWidth(8);
$sheet->getColumnDimension('B')->setWidth(30);
$sheet->setCellValue('A1', 'title');
$sheet->setCellValue('B1', 'brief');
$reports = Report::get();
if(count($reports) > 0) {
$rowCount = 2;
foreach($reports as $report) {
$sheet->setCellValue('A' . $rowCount, $report->title);
$sheet->setCellValue('B' . $rowCount, $report->brief);
$rowCount++;
}
}
$spreadsheet->getActiveSheet()->setTitle('Report Title');
$spreadsheet->setActiveSheetIndex(0);
$export_filename = "report-".date('YmdHis').".xlsx";
\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('reports')->put($export_filename, $content);
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save($storage_path.$export_filename);
Mail::to(env('RPT_RECEIVER'))->send(new ReportsMail($storage_path.$export_filename, 'Report Name', date('F')));
exit;
}

Answer 1

The right way to do it in Laravel is save it in the storage directory.
Seems that you're using the PHPSpreadsheet library.
I suggest use this code to save the excel file:
$export_filename = "report-".date('YmdHis').".xlsx";
$writer = new Xlsx($spreadsheet);
$writer->save(storage_path("app/public/{$export_filename}));
Mail::to(env('RPT_RECEIVER'))->send(new ReportsMail($storage_path.$export_filename, 'Report Name', date('F')));
exit;
The code above wiill save the excel file inside storage/app/public
Then in order for the file to be accessible in public, run the command: php artisan storage:link. This will create a symlink (or shortcut) storage inside your public directory.
In order to access the file use this code:
$file_url = asset('storage/sample.xlsx');
REMEMBER, to run also the php artisan storage:link to the production server.

Answer 2

In congif/filesystem.php file add this after "local" => [],
'reports' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => public_path().'/reports'
],
then use this code
$filename = "report-".date('YmdHis').".xlsx";
\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('reports')->put($filename, $content);