Laravel Application Helper: public_path

public_path($path = '')

The public_path will return the path to the public directory. It can also be used to construct paths relative to the public directory if a $path is supplied.

The following examples will assume that the Laravel application is installed in the
/home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/ directory. The resulting path will appear above the function calls as a comment.

1<?php
2 
3// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/public
4public_path();
5 
6// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/public/js
7public_path('js');

The public_path does not automatically add the trailing slash / character to the final string. public_path's return value can be passed into the str_finish function to achieve the same affect:

1<?php
2 
3// /home/vagrant/Code/Laravel/public/js/
4str_finish(public_path('js'), '/');

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