Storage in laravel says symlink - no such file
PhpLaravelPhp Problem Overview
I deployed laravel app on shared hosting in public_html/app folder. Here is everything from public folder. In /../../files I have rest of files. When I do php artisan storage:link in files folder my console says
[ErrorException]
symlink(): No such file or directory
On localhost I upload files to storage/uploads folder. What to do now? I tried to change links but nothing works for me...
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
-
Go to
/public
directory and run:rm storage
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Go to Laravel root directory and run:
php artisan storage:link
Edited on May 1st 2018
This problem comes when laravel project is moved/copied to some other folder.
The storage link is still there thus causing the exception error. public/storage folder exists and points to wrong location and it needs to be deleted with rm storage
command.
After that run php artisan storage:link
in terminal and it will create the storage link.
This needs to be done EVERY time when laravel is moved/copied/deployed!
Solution 2 - Php
I'm face same error when use share hosting and my public directory move to public_html or different directory like : project directory in root name "project" and public directory in root name "public_html"
when run artisan command by Artisan::call('storage:link'); then face this error.
Solution: 1st need to bind your public directory in app/Providers/AppServiceProvider register method
$this->app->bind('path.public', function() {
return base_path('../public_html');
});
Now run the command its working fine
Solution 3 - Php
Just in case your down here still without an answer.
I had trouble because I did the symlink locally, then copied the files to the server. In order to make it work I did the following:
$ cd path/to/laravel/root
// if public does not exist, first create it.
$ cd public
// if public/storage does not exist, first create it.
$ rm -r storage
$ cd ..
// Now it should work
$ php artisan storage:link
Solution 4 - Php
This usually happens after moving Laravel app to another directory
The actual storage directory is "/AppName/storage/app/public/"
Laravel creates a symbolic link pointing to actual storage dir "/AppName/public/storage"
Other meaning
> "/AppName/public/storage" points to => "/AppName/storage/app/public/"
On changing root app directory to "/AnotherAppName/" symlink will still point to the old path
> "/AnotherAppName/public/storage" => "/AppName/storage/app/public/"
my solution is to manually update the symlink using
ln -sfn /AnotherAppName/storage/app/public/ /AnotherAppName/public/storage
Solution 5 - Php
Anyone coming in the future using Laravel Forge. I had this error when I renamed my domain name in Forge.
The solution was to go into the public directory and delete the existing symlink which had been copied over from the original domain.
After this symlink had been deleted, I was able to run php artisan storage:link
again and this worked correctly.
Solution 6 - Php
create new php file and put this code on the file:
<?php
symlink('/home/CpanelUser/storage/app/public', '/home/CpanelUserpublic_html/storage');
?>
"CpanelUser" change to youre cpanel user name or host name.
Upload this file to public_html folder (www) of site execute file with write site name+this file in browser done!
Example: My file name is symlink.php and site name is www.anysite.com upload symlink.php to public_html folder in host and get web address in browser
http://www.anysite.com/symlink.php
after execute this file storage folder creite in public folder in laravel and link to storage folder in app.
Solution 7 - Php
To fix this error on your server, change directory to the public and remove the symbolic link for the storage folder.
The following commands will help you remove the symbolic link from the public folder:
cd public
rm storage
After removing the symbolic link change directory to the main folder using:
cd ..
Now create the symbolic link with the following command:
php artisan storage:link
After running the command successfully, you should get the following message
The [public/storage] directory has been linked.
I hope this post helps you.
Solution 8 - Php
Follow these three steps:
- Remove storage file from public folder. > rm public/storage
- If storage folder is there in your root directory, remove public file inside app folder. > rm storage/app/public
- Run link command > php artisan storage:link
Solution 9 - Php
Make sure the APP_URL
configuration in .env
file is set correctly. after that run following command line:
php artisan config:cache
php artisan storage:link
Solution 10 - Php
Go to config/filesystem.php in the symbolic links section in my case I removed public_path function and wrote my own path in it then run php artisan storage:link command again.
'links' => [
'/var/www/storage' => storage_path('app/public'),
],
Worked for me.
Solution 11 - Php
if issue is not fixed yet. Do These Steps:
- Delete storage link from public folder or run these commands.
a)
> cd public
b) rm storage
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Goto storage folder and check if
app/public
folder exists otherwise create new folder. -
Check if the error is fixed.
-
If these steps not fixed your issue delete
storage
folder and create newstorage
folder containing all necessary folders on it.
storage
folder contains:
app, framework,logs
app
contains: public
framework
contains: cache, data,sessions,testing, views
Solution 12 - Php
Add this inside web.php and then hit this 'BASE_URL/linkstorage
' URL once.
Now check the storage folder will be created inside the public folder. This will resolve your issue.
Route::get('/linkstorage', function () {
$targetFolder = base_path().'/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage';
symlink($targetFolder, $linkFolder);
});
Solution 13 - Php
My problem was that te symlink not was placed in /localhost/public/ but in /localhost/storage/app/ When i removed the symlink in /localhost/storage/app/ the artisan command works like a charm
In my code i placed this to prevent creating the wrong symlink
Route::get('/clear', function () {
Storage::deleteDirectory('public');
Storage::makeDirectory('public');
Artisan::call('route:clear');
Artisan::call('storage:link', [] );
});
Solution 14 - Php
If you are using shared hosting or you have deployed your project on a server with cPanel or DirectAdmin, you probably have a public_html
instead of a public
folder.
So one thing we usually do is change the Laravel public
folder to public_html
.
and then we go to our AppServiceProvider
and bind the new path with the help of code below:
$this->app->bind('path.public', fn() => base_path('/public_html'));
But you should know the configuration files load before these register methods at your providers, so you have also to bind this before your kernel bootstrap your config files.
in order to do that, open index.php
and write the code bellow after the $app
variable defined:
$app->bind('path.public', fn() => base_path('/public_html'));
I know this might not seem a standard way, but It is working perfectly fine, and I haven't found any critical issue for it yet!
Solution 15 - Php
Add this to index.php
$app->bind('path.public', function() { return __DIR__; });
then on routes/web.php
add this
Route::get('/linkstorage', function () {
Artisan::call('storage:link');
});
Then run the link
Solution 16 - Php
I was using Vagrant and had the same problem. I removed to storage directory in public/storage
but couldn't resolve the problem when using the command php artisan storage:link
.
Therefore I connected with ssh to my vagrant box and ran the command there. It worked, so if you are running Vagrant and have the same problem this might help.
Solution 17 - Php
Delete the existing storage symbolic link (public/storage
) and then run
php artisan storage:link
command again.
Solution 18 - Php
In my case, I found that because I had moved all of the /public Laravel files to public_html (on my shared server), that the /public Laravel directory no longer existed.
After making a new "public" directory, I was able to successfully run the 'php artisan storage:link' command.
Solution 19 - Php
more instant i improve the answer of @suresh-pangeni
mv storage storage.bak // just for backup
mkdir -p storage/{app/public,framework/{cache,data,sessions,testing,views},logs}
php artisan storage:link
now its work
dont forget to
Go to /public
directory and run:
then
rm storage
before run on above command.
> ☺ pa storage:link
> production 9999 ✗ The [public/storage] directory has been linked.
Solution 20 - Php
The solution is above but in separate parts, do one and two. Adding the route makes it easier for use case on external servers like shared hosts for example, thanks everyone
- Go to config/filesystem.php in the symbolic links section in my case I removed public_path function and wrote my own path in it then run php artisan storage:link command again.
'links' => [
'/var/www/storage' => storage_path('app/public'),
],
- For create storage link without terminal command(get at url)
Route::get('/linkstorage', function () {
$targetFolder = base_path().'/storage/app/public';
$linkFolder = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/storage';
symlink($targetFolder, $linkFolder);
});
Solution 21 - Php
The issue normally happens when you changed the folder location after you generated your first symbolic link, I solved this isse by following the below steps:
- Go in to the public folder and delete the storage folder(It will be labeled with red flag)
- After deleting the storage folder, run php artisan storage:link and the issue will be solved
Solution 22 - Php
Follow these steps:
Step-1: server.php
<?php
/**
* Laravel - A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
*
* @package Laravel
* @author Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
*/
$uri = urldecode(
parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH)
);
// This file allows us to emulate Apache's "mod_rewrite" functionality from the
// built-in PHP web server. This provides a convenient way to test a Laravel
// application without having installed a "real" web server software here.
if ($uri !== '/' && file_exists(__DIR__.'/public_html'.$uri)) {
return false;
}
require_once __DIR__.'/public_html/index.php';
Step-2: App\Providers\AppServiceProvider.php
/**
* Register any application services.
*
* @return void
*/
public function register()
{
//Public folder name changed with public_html
$this->app->bind('path.public', function(){
return base_path().'/public_html';
});
}
> It is allow you to run the usual command php artisan serve
Step-3: config\filesystems.php
'links' => [
base_path('public_html/storage') => storage_path('app/public'),
],
> To get the storage symbolic link properly with php artisan storage:link
Remember to change the path if is not public_html like for me