Assets Not Referencing to Public Folder (Laravel)

Assets not referencing to public folder (Laravel)

I was having same problem. This is due to moving of .htaccess file from public to root of the project in order to serve localhost/project rather than localhost/project/laravel. And needed to use public as well in the asset:

<link href="{{ asset('public/css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">

Or, modify the asset function from /Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

if (! function_exists('asset')) {
    /**
     * Generate an asset path for the application.
     *
     * @param  string  $path
     * @param  bool    $secure
     * @return string
     */
    function asset($path, $secure = null)
    {
        return app('url')->asset("public/".$path, $secure);
    }
}

The preceding method is not good way. Anyway this would have been easier if there was config for setting asset path.

Laravel 8 asset helpers not working in my new project

Use proper path in laravel asset() helper function.
asset() helper function access from app/public directory.

<link href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

Public folder not working with Mix and Asset Laravel Helpers Ubuntu 21.04

If /public appears in your URI, your site is misconfigured. The public/ dir should be the DocumentRoot, so that / in your browser shows the public/index.php file.

Here's an example of how to configure your document root in both Apache and nginx.

Lastly, a warning - serving your site out of the project root (as you are now) instead of public/ is a security risk and you shouldn't do that.

laravel asset() doesnt find assets in public

Based on your comments:

I already have the folder assets in my public/storage folder

@GiuseppeP. Is the public/storage folder a symbolic link?

yes I made the symbolic link 'links' => [ public_path('storage') =>
storage_path('app/public'), ],

Your file is in the storage path.

This is accessible by using:

storage_path()

The storage_path function returns the fully qualified path to your
application's storage directory. You may also use the storage_path
function to generate a fully qualified path to a given file within the
storage directory:

storage_path('app/public/assets/js/jquery-3.4.1.min.js')

Addendum

Alternatively, you can use the asset() helper by prefixing the path with storage/.... I.e:

The Public Disk

The public disk included in your application's filesystems
configuration file is intended for files that are going to be publicly
accessible. By default, the public disk uses the local driver and
stores its files in storage/app/public.

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:

asset('storage/assets/js/jquery-3.4.1.min.js')

Add Public to asset path in Laravel

Before Laravel 5.7.14

Take a look at Illuminate\Routing\UrlGenerator class and its asset($path, $secure = null) method. This class is being put to container by url key. What you can do is:

1. Add your own class, extending UrlGenerator;
2. Add asset($path, $secure = null) method to your own class, making it return whatever you need;
3. Create a service provider and register it in config/app.php;
4. In your service provider's register() method, bind your new class
   to the container by url key.

This way, you don't touch core files at all and your Laravel application is still update friendly.

Update for Laravel 5.7.14 and later

As other answers state, there is the ASSET_URL .env option, which makes it much easier to change the public path. Laravel introduced it in Laravel 5.7.14, which was released about 3 years after my original answer.

In Laravel can I use a path to a public file directly without using asset or url functions?

if the style files are placed in the public directory, you can write the path to them without asset helper and everything will work. However, if the resources you need are outside the public directory, this helper is indispensable. I think the file storage documentation will suit you

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