Laravel check if storage exists is not working - php

Question

I'm trying to check if file already exist in the storage by
if(Storage::exists($request->file_name)):
dd(var_dump("it did exist"));
else:
dd(var_dump("it did not exist"));
endif
but it always return a string "it did exist" even though the file is actually deleted or the file did not exist, any ideas, help?
I'm sure there's no problem on my storage location set up as I'm having no problem when uploading a file to the storage,
Storage::put($file_name, File::get($file));
PS: I'm on Laravel 5.0
UPDATE:
here's my filesystems.php from the config folder of my Laravel 5.0
<?php
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Filesystem Disk
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may specify the default filesystem disk that should be used
| by the framework. A "local" driver, as well as a variety of cloud
| based drivers are available for your choosing. Just store away!
|
| Supported: "local", "s3", "rackspace"
|
*/
'default' => 'local',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Cloud Filesystem Disk
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Many applications store files both locally and in the cloud. For this
| reason, you may specify a default "cloud" driver here. This driver
| will be bound as the Cloud disk implementation in the container.
|
*/
'cloud' => 's3',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Filesystem Disks
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may configure as many filesystem "disks" as you wish, and you
| may even configure multiple disks of the same driver. Defaults have
| been setup for each driver as an example of the required options.
|
*/
'disks' => [
'local' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path().'/employee_documents/',
],
's3' => [
'driver' => 's3',
'key' => 'your-key',
'secret' => 'your-secret',
'region' => 'your-region',
'bucket' => 'your-bucket',
],
'rackspace' => [
'driver' => 'rackspace',
'username' => 'your-username',
'key' => 'your-key',
'container' => 'your-container',
'endpoint' => 'https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/',
'region' => 'IAD',
],
],
];

Answer 1

I had the same problem on Laravel 5.5 and the solution was to use
Storage::disk('public')->exists($file_name)
instead of
Storage::exists($file_name)
On my config/filesystem.php by default I have two types of local disks (local and public) and I wasn't aware of it:
'disks' => [
'local' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app'),
],
'public' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
'visibility' => 'public',
],
's3' => [
'driver' => 's3',
'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'),
'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),
],
],

Answer 2

I really don't know the reason why it's not working in your case. I tried in my machine it's working fine.
I tried to debug what's inside Storage::exits it uses same return file_exists($path);
It might be the reason
Results of the file_exists() are cached
Try these things
php artisan config:cache
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan view:clear
chmod -R 777 storage/ or chown -R webuser:webuser storage/

Answer 3

This may can help you. It's working with Laravel5.4:
Storage::exists('dir/'. $filename)

Answer 4

if(File::exists('filePath')){
dd(var_dump("it did exist"));
}else{
dd(var_dump("it did not exist"));
}
Please try above code