title: Download file from public storage in laravel 5.3
body: <p>I am trying to download a file stored in `</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"storage/app/public/uploaded_documents/"</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>my code is below</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="{{storage_path()}}/app/public/uploaded_documents/{{$Publications-&gt;dataset_file}}" download&gt;
                                      &lt;i class="fa fa-download"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when i click the download link the file doesn't get dowloaded instead it shows "network error"
  What is the problem and how to solve</p>
  
  <p>`</p>