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How to Create Symlink in Shared Hosting for Laravel

5 months ago | Author: Thaha

  1. Create a file called symlinkcreate.php in the public_html
  2. Add following code to this file 
    
<?php
$original = '';
$copy = '';
symlink($original, $copy);
echo 'done';
?>
  3. Original is the the path of the original folder which you want to create symlink from.
    Example: 
    '/home/serverName/domains/domainName/laravel/storage/app/public'
  4. Target is the the path to the folder where you need the symlink created to.
    Example: 
    '/home/serverName/domains/domainName/public_html/storage'
  5. Open a new tab in your browser. Type in your www.domainName.com/symlinkcreate.php. Hit Enter.
  6. If the screen says 'done'. The symlink is successfully created. Else the screen will show error.