Have been receiving a 404 error message when trying to download a pdf file that was successfully saved.

Index

<tbody>
    @foreach ($allData as $key => $patient)
    <tr>
        <td>{{ $patient -> card_number }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_type }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_hmo }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_firstname }} {{ $patient -> patient_lastname }}</td>
        {{-- <td>{{ \Carbon\Carbon::parse($patient -> patient_dob)->diff(\Carbon\Carbon::now())->format('%y years, %m months and %d days') }}</td> --}}
        <td>{{\Carbon\Carbon::parse($patient -> patient_dob)->diff(\Carbon\Carbon::now())->format('%y')  }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_phone }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_gender }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_kin_name }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_kin_phone }}</td>
        <td><a href="/file/download/{{ $patient->file }}" target="blank">Download</a></td>
        <td>


            <a  title="View Data" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal-center{{ $patient->id }}"> <i ></i></a>

            <a href="{{ route('patient.edit',$patient->id) }}"  title="Edit Data" > <i ></i></a>

            <a href="{{ route('patient.delete',$patient->id) }}"    id="delete" title="Delete Data" > <i ></i></a>
        </td>

    </tr>
    @endforeach

</tbody>

web

Route::get('/file/download/{file}',[PatientController::class,'downloads']);

PatientController

public function downloads($file)
{
return response()->download('upload/pdf'.$file);
}

Database

Error page

CodePudding user response：

This works directly without Route or any controller.


<tbody>
    @foreach ($allData as $key => $patient)
    <tr>
        <td>{{ $patient -> card_number }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_type }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_hmo }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_firstname }} {{ $patient -> patient_lastname }}</td>
        <td>{{\Carbon\Carbon::parse($patient -> patient_dob)->diff(\Carbon\Carbon::now())->format('%y')  }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_phone }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_gender }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_kin_name }}</td>
        <td>{{ $patient -> patient_kin_phone }}</td>

        <td><a href="{{ url('/'.$patient->file) }}">Download</a></td>
        <td>


            <a  title="View Data" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal-center{{ $patient->id }}"> <i ></i></a>

            <a href="{{ route('patient.edit',$patient->id) }}"  title="Edit Data" > <i ></i></a>

            <a href="{{ route('patient.delete',$patient->id) }}"    id="delete" title="Delete Data" > <i ></i></a>
        </td>

    </tr>
    @endforeach

</tbody>