In this laravel download file from public storage folder example, I’ll show you how to download or display files from public storage folder in laravel application. In this tutorial you will learn how to download or display files from public storage folder in laravel.

Download Files From Public Storage Folder In Laravel

In this step by step tutorial I’ll guide you through the step to download files from public stroage folder. And as well as display files on laravel blade views:

Routes

In this step, you need to add the following routes on web.php file. Go to routes directory and open web.php file then update the routes as following:

web.php

Create Controller File

Now, go to app/controllers and create a controller file named FileController.php. Then update put the following methods in it:

The above code will download files from public storage by giving the file name and return a response with correct content type. To display files on blade views, so you have to update the following methods into your controller file:

The above lined of code fetches the image files from the public storage folder and extract the name of these files and you pass them to your view.

Create Blade View

Now, go to resources\view directory and create a new blade file named show.blade.php. Then put the following code in it:

Note that, if you are getting the following errors in laravel apps, when you are working with laravel files or storage:

1: “class ‘app\http\controllers\file’ not found”.

Import File in your controller file as follow:

2: “class ‘app\http\controllers\response’ not found”.

Import Response in your controller file as follow:

3: “class ‘app\http\controllers\storage’ not found”.

Import Storage in your controller file as follow: