File exist but laravel can't find it (FileNotFoundException)

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I'm trying to check if the file exists to delete it when the post is deleted but it's never finding it.

If I change the Storage::exists() for Storage::get() just to check, I get the File Not Found Exception with the path C:/xampp/htdocs/cms/blog/public/images/apple.jpg which I can see the picture if I put in the browser.

Store function on PostController

public function store(CreatePostRequest $request)
{
    $input = $request->all();

    if ($file = $request->file('file')) {
        //
        $name = $file->getClientOriginalName();
        $file->move(public_path('images/'), $name);
        $input['path'] = $name;
    }

    $new_post = Post::create($input);
    return redirect(route('post.show', $new_post->id));
}

Destroy function on PostController

public function destroy($id)
{
    $post = Post::findOrFail($id);

    if (Storage::exists(public_path('images/') . $post->path))
        Storage::delete(public_path('images/') . $post->path);

    $post->delete();

    return redirect(route('posts.index'));
}

I also have this on my filesystems.php

'links' => [
    public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public'),
    public_path('images') => storage_path('app/images'),
],

I can easily show the image in blade with just src="{{'/images/' . $post->path}}"

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2 Answers

You could try using unlink.

$image_path = $post->path;
unlink($image_path);

The second option is to use the File Facade.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File; 
$filename = $post->path;
File::delete($filename);

Make sure that the image path is correct.

user_34858770

I Had to use the Illuminate\Support\Facades\File sugested by Aless

Fixed destroy funcion on PostController

public function destroy($id)
{
    $post = Post::findOrFail($id);

    $imagePath = public_path('images/') . $post->path;

    if (File::isFile($imagePath))
        File::delete($imagePath);

    $post->delete();

    return redirect(route('posts.index'));
}
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