Laravel - link to a file saved in storage folder - laravel

Question

When we do something like this:
Storage::disk('local')->put('file.txt', 'Contents');
How do you make a link to that file in a view? Something like this:
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there are so many things in documentation and yet not even one example how to create a link to that file

Answer 1

Try this command on your terminal : php artisan storage:link, then laravel storage become public access.
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Answer 2

UPDATE:
According to laravel docs, You can get the URL to the file like this:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
$url = Storage::url('file1.jpg');
Remember, if you are using the local driver, all files that should be
publicly accessible should be placed in the storage/app/public
directory. Furthermore, you should create a symbolic link at
public/storage which points to the storage/app/public directory.
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Scenario--(working from a fresh Laravel 5.6 project install for reference):
With the existing default paths being /public and /storage/app/public and you want to physically store your logo.png image in the /storage folder and render it on your Welcome page, the process would go something like this:
In your terminal, navigate to your Laravel project folder.
Run command php artisan storage:link
Now create the folder /images in your /storage/app/public folder which gives you /storage/app/public/images.
Look in your /public folder and you will see the (shortcut) subfolders /storage/images
Copy a test image named logo.png into the /storage/app/public/images folder.
In your project's welcome.blade.php under /resources/views paste the
following code over the existing code:
<div class="content">
<div class="title m-b-md">
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<div>
<a href="/">
<img src="{{url('/storage/images/logo.png')}}" alt="Logo Image"/>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Save and open your project in your browser and you should see the logo image.
Having said all of that, later on you need a pdf folder to store uploaded pdf
files. Easy, just create a new folder in /storage/app/public called /pdf and
automatically the shortcut will appear in the /public folder. It is a once and "for all" solution.