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Laravel 11 step by step instructions to upload file in storage directory and display in blade file

Created at 15-Mar-2024 , By samar

In this tutorial we will learn about to how to insert the images or file in storage directory and create a symlink and display image or file in Laravel 11 application.

Upload image to storage directory (storage/app/)

$path = $request->file('photo')->store('avatars', 'public');
return $path;

Here is photo is file name and avatars is folder inside storage/app/public directory and you don't have to create the avatars directory. It will be created automatically after executing the above script. Data (images, files, documents) stores in storage/app/public directory in not directly accessible so you have to create a symlink by running php artisan storage:link command. Now you can access file by using below code snippt in any blade.php file.

<img src="{{ asset('/storage/avatars/5AGu1cRdR73BQ3J1voZKStb47lhItNawm9FwUW5J.png') }}" />

Here is full demo code to insert image in storage directory and creating a symlink and displaying the image in blade.php file.

add code to web.php file (`routes/web.php`)

Route::get('/image-upload', [TestController::class, 'uploadImage'])->name('uploadImage');
Route::post('/image-upload', [TestController::class, 'saveUploadImage'])->name('uploadImageSave');
//create symlink 
Route::get('/storage-link', function(){
    Artisan::call('storage:unlink'); 
    Artisan::call('storage:link'); 
    echo "symlink created";
});

Add controller using `php artisan make:controller TestController` command and paste below code in it

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Mail\TestMail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function uploadImage(){
        return view('image');
    }

    public function saveUploadImage(Request $request){
        $path = $request->file('photo')->store('avatars', 'public');
        return view('image', compact('path'));
    }
}

Create view file image.blade.php in resources/views directory

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <!-- Required meta tags -->
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-BmbxuPwQa2lc/FVzBcNJ7UAyJxM6wuqIj61tLrc4wSX0szH/Ev+nYRRuWlolflfl" crossorigin="anonymous">
        <title>Hello, world!</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        
        @if(isset($path))
            <img src="{{ asset('/storage/'.$path) }}" />
        @endif
        <div class="container">
            <form  action="{{ route('uploadImageSave') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
                    @csrf
                   <div class="form-group">
                        <label>File browser : </label>
                        <div class="custom-file">
                            <input type="file" class="custom-file-input" id="customFile" name="photo">
                            <label class="custom-file-label" for="customFile">Choose file</label>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
            </form>
        </div>

        <!-- Option 1: Bootstrap Bundle with Popper -->
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-b5kHyXgcpbZJO/tY9Ul7kGkf1S0CWuKcCD38l8YkeH8z8QjE0GmW1gYU5S9FOnJ0" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

        <!-- Option 2: Separate Popper and Bootstrap JS -->
        <!--
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@popperjs/core@2.6.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-KsvD1yqQ1/1+IA7gi3P0tyJcT3vR+NdBTt13hSJ2lnve8agRGXTTyNaBYmCR/Nwi" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.0-beta2/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-nsg8ua9HAw1y0W1btsyWgBklPnCUAFLuTMS2G72MMONqmOymq585AcH49TLBQObG" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
        -->
    </body>
</html>

Now first visit http://localhost:8000/storage-link url to create a symlink for storage directory.

After creating symlink you can visit http://localhost:8000/image-upload url to upload image and after that you will be redirected same page with displaying image in your view file.

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Laravel 11 step by step instructions to upload file in storage directory and display in blade file

Upload image to storage directory (storage/app/)

add code to web.php file (`routes/web.php`)

Add controller using `php artisan make:controller TestController` command and paste below code in it

Create view file image.blade.php in resources/views directory

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Laravel 11 step by step instructions to upload file in storage directory and display in blade file

Upload image to storage directory (storage/app/)

add code to web.php file (routes/web.php)

Add controller using php artisan make:controller TestController command and paste below code in it

Create view file image.blade.php in resources/views directory

Random Code Snippet Queries: Laravel

Latest Code Snippets

add code to web.php file (`routes/web.php`)

Add controller using `php artisan make:controller TestController` command and paste below code in it