I am trying to download file through my application but am getting this error

Question

this is the error

Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\Exception\\FileNotFoundException The file "http://127.0.0.1:5600/public/postVideos" does not exist

this is my controller

function getFile($post){
  return response()->download(asset('public/postVideos'));
  // return Storage::download('file.jpg', $post);
}

Answer 1

Tyr to use this:

$my_file = my_file_get_contents("http://127.0.0.1/public/postVideos/file.jpg"); var_dump($my_file);

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