Copy file from any given path in Laravel - php

Question

I want to copy a file from outside the root directory of my Laravel application using an artisan command which i made myself. The user will call the command like so:
php artisan crawl:pdf {filepath}
Then the filepath will be processed and on this part:
File::copy($path, storage_path('pdfs') . '/' . $fileName . ".pdf");
it breaks every time i use a path outside of my root directory it says "Failed to open stream: No such file or directory" as error msg".
I've already googled about copying files in plain php using copy() and in Laravel using Storage::copy(). Also reading through articles that all describe creating a disk which can route outside of laravel-root-directory.
All of that is not the solution to my problem. The user should be able to use any path.
C:\dir1\pdf3.pdf ;
E:\dir456\pdf2222.pdf`
...
from his own filesystem to copy files to the laravel-application.
Is their a way todo it ? Thx for all the help in advance!
EDIT 1:
Before anyone asks if i have write and read permission: yes i do. if i use plain php i can write and read everywhere on my working drive. I also checked the user laravel is running on with echo whoami and it gives the same user as my plain php application which works fine.
EDIT 2:
Worked in comments regarding using File-Facad-copy

Answer 1

Ok i found a solution and now it is working as i want it.
But first why is this happening. Laravel is expecting to always work on files using disks. It is required.
the solution is On-demand Disks!!!
This way it is possible to take a path given by a user and create a temporary disk which only works in this instance through facades.
Important is to make sure that the path given is always a directory! Like so:
$diskpath = dirname($path);
$disk = Storage::build([
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => "$diskpath",
]);
In my case I only want to copy one specific file which makes it mandatory to get the file information for correct naming and copying. Like so:
$pathinf = pathinfo($path)
$fileName = time() . '_' . $pathinf['filename']
Next we need to safe it to the new location. Like so:
Storage::disk('pdfs')->putFileAs('/', $path, $fileName . ".pdf");
Notes:
'pdfs' disk is a disk i configured in my filesystems.php config-file
I always asume that the user is giving the full path from the file like C:\...\test.pdf or something similar so watch out for the dirname() function. It will always cut the last part of the path and delete it.
Thanks to apokryfos for helping solving this through his comments and hints.