Laravel - Can't save files to public_path using storeAs - php

Question

I cannot upload files to the public_path folder in Laravel 5.4. I can't understand what's going wrong, the documentation makes it look easy. $request is the POSTed contents of a form. filename is a file submitted via the form.
public function uploadFile($request) {
if ($request->hasFile('filename') && $request->file('filename')->isValid()) {
$file = $request->filename;
$hash = uniqid(rand(10000,99999), true);
$directory = public_path('files/'.$hash);
if(File::makeDirectory($directory, 0775, true)) {
return $file->storeAs($directory, $file->getClientOriginalName());
}
}
return NULL;
}
The directory is created, but there's no file inside. As you can see, the folder has 775 permissions.
I've tried added a trailing slash. I've tried removing public_path altogether. Nothing works.
What am I doing wrong? :(

Answer 1

By default file system use your default disk named 'local' that upload files in storage/app folder store using store, stroeAs etc...
The filesystem configuration file is located at config/filesystems.php.
either you can change root path under 'local'
from 'root' => storage_path('app'), to 'root' => public_path('files'),
and then in your code change from
$directory = public_path('files/'.$hash); to $directory = public_path($hash);
OR you can create new disk in config/filesystem.php
'disks' => [
'local' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app'),
],
'my_upload' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => public_path('files'),
'visibility' => 'public',
],
and then mention new disk as below while storing file
$file->storeAs($directory, $file->getClientOriginalName(), 'my_upload');
After performing all above if not work hit below commands in order
php artisan config:clear
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan config:cache

Answer 2

You can try this :
if(File::makeDirectory($directory, 0775, true)) {
return $file->store($directory, $file->getClientOriginalName());
}
Hope this help you !