Add Storage::link() support

[MarcBresson]

Hello,

I encountered a case where Storage::link($target, $source) would be really handy. It would just create a symlink from target to source.

I tried to implement it myself with the use of Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem::link() function, but FileSystem keeps getting deeper. I eventually reach all the files involved but it didn t work (without throwing exception). I am no expert to handle this.

[chuckrincon]

Hi there ✋🏻

From version 7.x and up, you may configure additional symbolic links in your filesystems configuration file.
Each of the configured links will be created when you run the php artisan storage:link command:

e.g. This will create a symlink from target (public) to source (storage)

'links' => [
    public_path('invoices') => storage_path('app/invoices'),
    public_path('products') => storage_path('app/products'),
    public_path('avatars') => storage_path('app/avatars'),
]

Once a file has been stored and the symbolic link has been created, you can create a URL to the files using the asset helper
e.g.

asset("invoices/$invoice->uuid");
asset("products/$product->cover");
asset("avatars/$user->avatar");

[MarcBresson]

Hello again :)

thanks for your answer. However, I was more speaking of a symlink between files inside the storage section. For example, if i want logo.png and logo-big.png to be the same, I would only need a symlink instead of duplicating the picture !

Hope I made what i wanted clear :)