[laravel] Access images inside public folder in laravel

How can I access the images stored inside public/images folder without the use of Laravel's own functions like assets()?

I just want to get the direct URL of the images stored in images folder.

Eg:

localhost/webapp/images/stackoverflow.png

When requesting the link i should get the direct image.

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The answer is


If you are inside a blade template

{{ URL::to('/') }}/images/stackoverflow.png


I have created an Asset helper of my own.

First I defined the asset types and path in app/config/assets.php:

return array(

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Assets paths
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Location of all application assets, relative to the public folder,
    | may be used together with absolute paths or with URLs.
    |
    */

    'images' => '/storage/images',
    'css' => '/assets/css',
    'img' => '/assets/img',
    'js' => '/assets/js'
);

Then the actual Asset class:

class Asset
{
    private static function getUrl($type, $file)
    {
        return URL::to(Config::get('assets.' . $type) . '/' . $file);
    }

    public static function css($file)
    {
        return self::getUrl('css', $file);
    }

    public static function img($file)
    {
        return self::getUrl('img', $file);
    }

    public static function js($file)
    {
        return self::getUrl('js', $file);
    }

}

So in my view I can do this to show an image:

{{ HTML::image(Asset::img('logo.png'), "My logo")) }}

Or like this to implement a Java script:

{{ HTML::script(Asset::js('my_script.js')) }}

Just use public_path() it will find public folder and address it itself.

<img src=public_path().'/images/imagename.jpg' >

Just put your Images in Public Directory (public/...folder or direct images).
Public directory is by default rendered by laravel application.
Let's suppose I stored images in public/images/myimage.jpg.
Then in your HTML view, page like: (image.blade.php)

<img src="{{url('/images/myimage.jpg')}}" alt="Image"/>

You simply need to use the asset helper function in Laravel. (The url helper can also be used in this manner)

<img src="{{ asset('images/arrow.gif') }}" />

For the absolute path, you use public_path instead.

<p>Absolute path: {{ public_path('images/arrow.gif') }}</p>

If you are providing the URL to a public image from a controller (backend) you can use asset as well, or secure_asset if you want HTTPS. eg:

$url = asset('images/arrow.gif'); # http://example.com/assets/images/arrow.gif
$secure_url = secure_asset('images/arrow.gif'); # https://example.com/assets/images/arrow.gif

return $secure_url;

Lastly, if you want to go directly to the image on a given route you can redirect to it:

return \Redirect::to($secure_url);

More Laravel helper functions can be found here


when you want to access images which are in public/images folder and if you want to access it without using laravel functions, use as follows:

<img src={{url('/images/photo.type')}} width="" height="" alt=""/>

This works fine.


In my case it worked perfectly

<img style="border-radius: 50%;height: 50px;width: 80px;"  src="<?php echo asset("storage/TeacherImages/{$teacher->profilePic}")?>">

this is used to display image from folder i hope this will help someone looking for this type of code