The Storage Directory

The Storage Directory

The storage directory contains your compiled Twig and Blade templates, file based sessions, file caches, and other files generated by the framework. This directory is segregated into app, framework, logs, and streams directories. The app directory may be used to store any files generated by your application. The framework directory is used to store framework generated files and caches. The logs directory contains your application's log files. And finally, the streams directory contains your stream generated entry models, addon caches, and private storage (non-public uploads for example).

The storage/app/public directory may be used to store user-generated files, such as profile avatars, that should be publicly accessible. You should create a symbolic link at public/storage which points to this directory. You may create the link using the php artisan storage:link command.