How do you get the path to the Laravel Storage folder?

Question

I want to store uploaded images to my Laravel-based web app in a subdirectory of the Laravel storage directory. It's the directory at the same hierarchy level as the 'application' and 'public' directories.

Is there a framework method for doing this? I've searched the docs but can't find one.

Solution 1

In Laravel 3, call path('storage').

In Laravel 4, use the storage_path() helper function.

Solution 2

For Laravel 5.x, use $storage_path = storage_path().

From the Laravel 5.0 docs:

storage_path

Get the fully qualified path to the storage directory.

Note also that, for Laravel 5.1 and above, per the Laravel 5.1 docs:

You may also use the storage_path function to generate a fully qualified path to a given file relative to the storage directory:

$path = storage_path('app/file.txt');

Solution 3

For Laravel version >=5.1

storage_path()

The storage_path function returns the fully qualified path to the storage directory:

$path = storage_path();

You may also use the storage_path function to generate a fully qualified path to a given file relative to the storage directory:

$app_path = storage_path('app');
$file_path = storage_path('app/file.txt');

Source: Laravel Doc

Solution 4

use this artisan command for create shortcut in public folder

php artisan storage:link

Than you will able to access posted img or file

Solution 5

Laravel 8.x <

If the file in a default disk: /storage/app/public/file.jpg, then:

$path = Storage::path('file.jpg');

if the file in a different storage. Ex: /storage/app/storage-dir/sub-dir/file.txt

Storage::disk('storage-dir')->path('sub-dir/file.txt')

And the $path will be "/var/www/project1/storage/app/storage-dir/sub-dir/file.txt"

There are also url()

$path = Storage::disk('storage-dir')->url('sub-dir/file.txt');

This will returns the path like: /storage/sub-dir/file.txt

For the ealier Laravel versions: storage_path('app/file.txt');

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[Mark Amery]

For the record, the downvote on this answer is mine. I downvoted it because all the prose is copied and pasted from the docs, but is neither wrapped in quote marks or formatted as a block quotation, which is in violation of our referencing policy. My apologies for only commenting to point this out now; I thought I had left a comment previously, but apparently not. Additionally, I think it would've been more useful to simply add the note about Laravel 5.1 as an edit to my answer (now made) than as a standalone answer in the first place.