link storage folder in laravel 8

• Link storage folder using php script in laravel

  --PATH routes\web.php

  Route::get('/storage-link', function(){
      $target = storage_path('app/public');
      $link = public_path('/storage');
      symlink($target, $link);
      echo "symbolic link created successfully";
  })
  

  You can simply use this code snippet to create a symbolic link between two folders. Sometimes you don’t have to access the terminal to run artisan commands. In that case it helps you to create a symbolic link between two folders in your laravel project. You have to simply visit the storage-link url to create a symbolic link.

• Storage link using \Artisan::call() in web.php

  --PATH routes\web.php

  Route::get('/storage-link', function(){
      \Artisan::call('storage:link');
      dd('Storage link created!');
  });
  

  This code snippet call storage:link command using php script and create storage link between storage/app/public and public/storage directory.

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