Creating Dynamic File Downloads with Laravel

Learn how to manage file downloads and create dynamic files in Laravel.

Downloading files in Laravel

It’s important to configure the website to allow end users to download files. Most of the website’s business logic depends on file generation and its access to the stakeholders.

Laravel provides the Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response object, which provides the response()->download() function. This function is used to download a file to the user’s browser. It takes the path to the file as its only argument.

The code snippet below illustrates an example with the help of the Response class that allows developers to configure the downloading feature into the code.

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