Laravel Return value is expected to be 'illuminate\Http\Response', 'string' returned

Question

Hi have this function which is returning path of a file.

public function filecreate()
{
    $myHelper = new MyHelper();
    $path = $myHelper->create();

    return $path;
}

phpStorm showing warning of

Return value is expected to be 'illuminate\\Http\\Response', 'string' returned

Answer 1

您必须使用Response对象作为回报，并使用helper：

return response(%path_to_view);

Answer 2

The response() helper may be used to generate other types of response instances. source

To return simple string use:

return response($path)