LARAVEL - Displaying images from the storage folder

I'm new to Laravel and was wondering if someone can help me out with a simple image upload.

I have a form that allows a user to create a profile and upload and avatar for their profile during the process. This all works perfectly. Here is the code from my controller:

if (request()->hasFile('avatar')) {

        $file = request()->file('avatar');

        $file->storeAs('avatars/' . auth()->id(), 'avatar.jpg');
    }

The image is saved within storage/app/avatars/USER-ID/avatar.jpg

I'm not sure how to display the image from this folder. I've looked for solutions but I am unable to use php artisan storage:link as it is not my server. How do I go about this without using the storage link? Can I create a link manually?

If someone could explain a solution to me that would be perfect!

Just ask if you need any code snippets.

Thanks!

via cheesycoder