title: Laravel Storage::get() is not working return empty value
body: <p>I want to get image file in laravel storage folder  and encode it to base64. If I use this code it always return empty value</p>
  <pre><code>$data = base64_encode(Storage::disk('public')-&gt;get('/customer/Avatars',&quot;image.png&quot;));
  
  </code></pre>
  <p>In localhost this code works</p>
  <pre><code>$data = base64_encode(file_get_contents(public_path().'/storage/customer/Avatars/'.&quot;image.png&quot;));
  
  </code></pre>
  <p>but after upload to cpanel this above code give me this error</p>
  <pre><code>ErrorException: file_get_contents(/home/site/wwwroot/public/storage/customer/Avatars/image.png): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in file /home/site/wwwroot/app/Http/Controllers/Customer/CustomerProfileController.php on line 56
  
  </code></pre>
  <p>How can I get this file?</p>