Determining If a File Exists in Laravel 5
Check if file exists on action with "File::" and pass the resut to the view
$result = File::exists($myfile);
Solution
@if(file_exists( public_path().'/images/photos/account/'.Auth::user()->account_id.'.png' ))
<img src="/images/photos/account/{{Auth::user()->account_id}}.png" alt="">
@else
<img src="/images/photos/account/default.png" alt="">
@endif
Wherever you can, try and reduce the number of if
statements. For example, I would do the following:
// User Model
public function photo()
{
if (file_exists( public_path() . '/images/photos/account/' . $this->account_id . '.png')) {
return '/images/photos/account/' . $this->account_id .'.png';
} else {
return '/images/photos/account/default.png';
}
}
// Blade Template
<img src="{!! Auth::user()->photo() !!}" alt="">
Makes your template cleaner and uses less code. You can also write a unit test on this method to test your statement as well :-)
In Laravel 5.5, you can use the exists
method on the storage facade:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/filesystem
$exists = Storage::disk('s3')->exists('file.jpg');
You could use a ternary expression:
$file = ($exists) ? Storage::disk('s3')->get('file.jpg') :
Storage::disk('s3')->get('default.jpg');