Retrieving the absolute path of a file saved with Laravel?

Asked Apr 16 '17 at 00:30

Active Apr 16 '17 at 01:03

Viewed 101 times

I have this simple question:

how is possible to retrieve the absolute path of file just saved with laravel?

for example:

I saved the file with:

$filename = $request->file('video')->getClientOriginalName();
$file = $request->file('video')->storeAs('public/video', $filename);

I would like to get the absolute path to this.

With storage_path():

If I use the method storage_path() I can get the full path to the link of the file but not to the file on disk.

with this method I get:

/Users/MYUSER/laravel/storage/public/video/a.mp4

but should be:

/Users/MYUSER/laravel/storage/app/public/video/a.mp4

edited Apr 16 '17 at 01:03

asked Apr 16 '17 at 00:30

Angus Simons

$file->getPathname() – Derek Apr 16 '17 at 00:35
hum... is the title go with the question ? – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 00:38
1

@JazZ whoops sorry, was from a draft... – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 00:39
Hehe, well done. Did the derek solution answered your question ? – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 00:41
@Derek `$file` is a string not an item, so it throws `Call to a member function getPathname() on string` – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 00:42
@JazZ unfortunately no – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 00:43
Take a look here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33774352/laravel-get-real-path-of-input-file – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 00:44
@JazZ This is what I've already done with the code above. I need the absolute path of the file already saved (with that code) and use it later with other libraries. I tried also `realpath($file)` but return false. – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 00:48
@JazZ could be a solution but what if I have to upload one heavy file, can you imagine the time to move these files around the disk? Or if more user upload multiples files at the same moment. I won't believe that there isn't a solution to have the absolute path of a file. – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 01:07
Yes, I can imagine. Removed my previous comment. – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 01:09
1

Maybe take a look here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28964412/how-to-get-file-path-using-storage-facade-in-laravel-5/28989266#28989266 – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 01:39
With this it works! thanks @JazZ – Angus Simons Apr 16 '17 at 01:40
Gad to hear that ! = ) I flag this as a duplicated question. – JazZ Apr 16 '17 at 01:41

Retrieving the absolute path of a file saved with Laravel?

0 Answers0