I know there have already been questions about downloading files with Laravel, but all I found deal with local files.
So, normally, I would do something like this:
$path = storage_path().'/my-file.pdf';
$name = 'new-name.pdf';
$headers = '....';
return response()->download($path, $name, $headers);
But what do I do, when the file I need to download is external, laying under www.my-storage.net/files/123/my-file.pdf ?
I could use the copy() function, or a combination of file_get_contents() and Laravel's Storage::put(), but I don't want to store the file locally (and temporarily) every time a download is being processed. Instead, I want to download the external file directly via user's browser.
(1) How do I prepare such Laravel download response?
(2) How do I make sure it stays efficient (so, e.g. no memory leaks)?
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