How to get image from resources in Laravel?

You can make a route specifically for displaying images.

For example:

Route::get('/resources/app/uploads/{filename}', function($filename){
    $path = resource_path() . '/app/uploads/' . $filename;

    if(!File::exists($path)) {
        return response()->json(['message' => 'Image not found.'], 404);
    }

    $file = File::get($path);
    $type = File::mimeType($path);

    $response = Response::make($file, 200);
    $response->header("Content-Type", $type);

    return $response;
});

So now you can go to localhost/resources/app/uploads/filename.png and it should display the image.

Try {{asset('path/to/your/image.jpg')}} if you want to call it from your blade

or

$url = asset('path/to/your/image.jpg'); if you want it in your controller.

Hope it helps =)

As @alfonz mentioned, resource_path() is correct way to get the resource folder directory. To get a specific file location, code will be like the following

 $path = resource_path() . '/folder1/folder2/filename.extension';

First, change your config/filesystems.php

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

Then normally run

 asset('resources/image.png')

you will get the file URL.

Laravel 10 Asset Bundling (Vite)

if you want to process and version all images stored in resources/images you should add the following in your application's entry point resources/js/app.js

import.meta.glob([
  '../images/**',
]);

After then reference these assets in blade like that

<img src="{{ Vite::asset('resources/images/logo.png') }}">

to get it work, need to build npm run build or run Vite development server npm run dev

For more information https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/vite#blade-processing-static-assets

I would recommend to move the files to the public folder. There are 2 measures I would like to describe to enhance the security here.

1. Hash the name to avoid/difficult Path Traversal like attacks. So, instead of serial file names like 01.jpg, 02.jpg, something like i3u4b23iu23jib2k3jb4.jpg will be used instead.
2. If some files must be protected from direct access from the users, store these files on something like public/protected_files/your_file_name.jpg. Then, on Laravel's routes/web.php file, create a route entry where the url path to the protected_files is inside some checkAdmin middleware, allowing only registered as admin users to have access:

Route::middleware('auth')->group(function ()
{
    // Routes accessible only for authenticated admins
    Route::group(['middleware' => 'admin'], function () {
        Route::get('/protected_files/{filepath}');
    });
});