Image doesn't save in public folder laravel - php

Question

I'm learning laravel but I have problem now with the image,
I want it to save it in storage/app/public/avatar so I can show it, but it keep saving it in storage/app/avatar
I write this in the .env
FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=public
And then I generate the storage link
php artisan storage:link
but still the same, every time I upload a photo it saving it in storage/app/avatar
Anyone can help me?
In filesystems.php
'public' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
Here :
$attributes['avatar'] = request('avatar')->store('public/avatars');
In USer.php
public function getAvatarAttribute($value)
{
return asset($value);
}
this method was working correctly when i was using a random avatar link,
but now it show nothing, i check my database and the link is there and it's right
public function getAvatarAttribute($value)
{
asset('storage/avatars/'.$image->name);
}
$attributes['avatar'] = request('avatar')->store('public/avatars');
In the controller, update method:
$user->update($attributes);
$user->password = Hash::make($user['password']);
$user->save();
return redirect($user->path());
In the show.blade
<img
src= "{{ $user->avatar }}"
alt=""
class="rounded-full mr-4 absolute"
style="width: 150px; left: calc(50% - 75px); top: 300px"
>
but the src become "(unknown)"

Answer 1

This looks more like a configuration cache issue as your filesystem looks properly configured.
The storage/app folder is the path of laravel's default disk (the local disk). Since you had specified to use public as the default disk in .env but your application is still using the local disk path, it looks like a cache issue
Try using
php artisan config:clear
And then attempt
request('avatar')->store('avatars');
If it was indeed a cache issue, then the file should be stored in the storage/app/public folder.
To get the full path to the image, use
Storage::url('avatar/'.$user->avatar);
So in the accessor, use
public function getAvatarAttribute($value)
{
return Storage::url('avatar/'.$value);
}
Using asset() to get the path to the file is not recommended because if some day you wish to switch storage to the cloud (S3, or any other storage. basically, you want to not use the storage folder of your application), then the asset() will no longer give you the correct path and you'd need to change it everywhere. But when using the storage facade, all you need to do is change it in the filesystems.php
Also, just to test it yourself, you could also specify the disk when storing by specifying the disk as the second argument to the store method
request('avatar')->store('avatars', 'public');
Storage::disk('public')->url('avatar/'.$user->avatar);

Answer 2

Also, don't forget to delete public/storage folder
and then re-run
php artisan config:clear
This is important
php artisan storage:link

Answer 3

Change "FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=public" to
FILESYSTEM_DISK=public
Or remove that line completely and directly set public folder as default disk in filesystems.php as follows:
'default' => env('FILESYSTEM_DISK', 'public'),

Answer 4

The store method stores the files in storage/app directory. That's why your code is storing the image in storage/app/avatars
request('avatar')->store('avatars');
This will place it under storage/app/public/avatars
request('avatar')->store('public/avatars');
To show it
asset('storage/avatars/`.$image->name)