Get file content from media item

[dragermrb]

Is there any way to get file content from media item?

I need to get file content from a media item, but have problems dealing with different disks. For example:

$media = \Spatie\MediaLibrary\Models\Media::first();
$file_content = Storage::disk($media->disk)->get($media->getPath()); // Will work on S3 disk, fails on local disk

On S3 disk, $media->getPath() will return a relative path, but on local disk will returns a full path.

Any way to get file content no matter disk type?

[PaolaRuby]

Use a custom macro for choose wich path use, or use a custom path generator for make relative paths on local disk

[dragermrb]

Does a PR that implements $media->getContent() make sense?

[PaolaRuby]

Maybe, you could try

[Norris1z]

I needed this and this is how I did it:

$stream = $media->stream();
$content = stream_get_contents($stream);

[dragermrb]

Hi @Norris1z

I have used something like this:

function getMediaContent(Media $media)
{
    return config("filesystems.disks.{$media->disk}.driver") === 'local'
        ? file_get_contents($media->getPath())
        : Storage::disk($media->disk)->get($media->getPath());
}

But your answer seems beeter!