How to work with external files using Laravel 5.6?

Question

Laravel

Illuminate\Support\Facades\File::get(...)
Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::put(...)

Standard facades only work with local storage.
PS Connect a file from another server/site

Answer 1

1. Add the desired directory to the config

// config/filesystems.php
    'disks' => [
        'temp' =>[
            'driver'=>'local',
            'root'=>sys_get_temp_dir()
        ],

2. Specify a disk

dd(\Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage::disk('temp')->listContents());