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laravel September 18th, 2026

Laravel File Storage: The Complete Guide to Disks, Private Files, Direct Uploads and Signed URLs

Every Laravel app grows a file upload, and almost every one grows it the same wrong way: public disk, absolute URLs in the database, 300 MB videos through PHP, and a bucket full of objects nobody owns. This guide builds a private document library end to end on Laravel 13 — four disks, presigned browser uploads with a confirm step, three ways to serve a private file, validation that survives a spoofed MIME type, and the prune command nobody writes until the bill arrives.

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laravel-ai-sdk August 12th, 2026

Generate and Store Images with the Laravel AI SDK

The AI SDK docs lead with text, so most people reach for a raw HTTP client to generate images. There's a first-class API for it — here's how I wire it up.

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