Laravel 5.5 read a file from the local disk

Question

I am trying to import a csv file with Laravel 5.5 from the local file location. For some reason it can't find the file on my computer however the path is correct.

$fileLocation = $request->file('file')->store('csv');
$importFile = File::file(storage_path('app/' . $fileLocation));

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '18 at 17:40

You can use the Storage facade for this. Here is an example:

if (Storage::disk($disk)->exists($filename)) {
    return Storage::disk($disk)->get($filename);
}

throw new FileNotFoundException(sprintf('File not found: %s', $filename), 404);

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 13 '19 at 14:38

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If you don't wanna use Storage facade, you can use below code to get the file

$importFile = Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::get(storage_path('app/' . $fileLocation));

but when you store a file with csv as store argument, it will save in storage/csv folder, and you just need call storage_path($fileLocation).

be sure that your storage path is correct and for more information read here

edited Dec 13 '19 at 14:38

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answered Jan 25 '18 at 22:28

Milad Teimouri

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File::get doesn't seem to be available in 5.5 – master Jan 26 '18 at 07:05
Works file on my side. It's available in Laravel 5.6. – Hyder B. May 18 '18 at 06:07
Do I need to have a use keyword for it? what's the namespace for File, cause I get the following when I use File::get() in Laravel 5.5: "Class 'App\Console\Commands\File' not found" – Bahman.A Nov 26 '19 at 01:20
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File; – Milad Teimouri Nov 26 '19 at 06:22

Raskul · Answer 3 · 2023-04-04T19:15:51.957

Even though it's 5 years late, I wanna answer the question.

I have faced the same issue and I couldn't retrieve a pdf file from my Storage.

after that, I recognized the path that I'm giving to the get function is wrong.

I was giving the wrong path the get() function like:

/app/public/book/example.pdf

the correct path is:

/public/book/example.pdf

so:

$filePath = '/public/book/example.pdf';
$file = Storage::get($filePath);

the get() method will return null if the file doesn't exist.

if exist() method will return false if the file doesn't exist.

Laravel 5.5 read a file from the local disk

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