Take a look at the Laravel Helpers documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/helpers
If you want a link to your asset, you can do it like this:
$download_link = link_to_asset('file/example.png');
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If the above method does not work for you, then you can implement a fairly simple Download route in **app/routes.php** which looks like this:
*Note this example assumes your files are located in **app/storage/file/** location*
// Download Route
Route::get('download/{filename}', function($filename)
{
// Check if file exists in app/storage/file folder
$file_path = storage_path() .'/file/'. $filename;
if (file_exists($file_path))
{
// Send Download
return Response::download($file_path, $filename, [
'Content-Length: '. filesize($file_path)
]);
}
else
{
// Error
exit('Requested file does not exist on our server!');
}
})
->where('filename', '[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+');
Usage: http://your-domain.com/download/example.png
This will look for a file in: app/storage/file/example.png (if it exists, send the file to browser/client, else it will show error message).
P.S. `'[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+` this regular expression ensures user can only request files with name containing `A-Z` or `a-z` (letters), `0-9` (numbers), `-` or `_` or `.` (symbols). Everything else is discarded/ignored. This is a safety / security measure....
Take a look at the Laravel Helpers documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/helpers
If you want a link to your asset, you can do it like this:
$download_link = link_to_asset('file/example.png');
----
**Edit**
If the above method does not work for you, then you can implement a fairly simple Download route in **app/routes.php** which looks like this:
*Note this example assumes your files are located in **app/storage/file/** location*
// Download Route
Route::get('download/{filename}', function($filename)
{
// Check if file exists in app/storage/file folder
$file_path = storage_path() .'/file/'. $filename;
if (file_exists($file_path))
{
// Send Download
return Response::download($file_path, $filename, [
'Content-Length: '. filesize($file_path)
]);
}
else
{
// Error
exit('Requested file does not exist on our server!');
}
})
->where('filename', '[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+');
Usage: http://your-domain.com/download/example.png
This will look for a file in: app/storage/file/example.png (if it exists, send the file to browser/client, else it will show error message).
P.S. `'[A-Za-z0-9\-\_\.]+` this regular expression ensures user can only request files with name containing `A-Z` or `a-z` (letters), `0-9` (numbers), `-` or `_` or `.` (symbols). Everything else is discarded/ignored. This is a safety / security measure....
