title: Return file download from storage in Laravel
body: <p>I'd like to be able to retrieve a file from storage in my controller.</p>
  
  <pre><code>public function getFile($fileID) {
      $file = CommUploads::where('id', $fileID)-&gt;first();
  
      if (Auth::user()-&gt;id == $file-&gt;user_id || Auth::user()-&gt;id == $file-&gt;artist_id) {
          $fileGet = Storage::get($file-&gt;file_path);
          return $fileGet;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now, I'm able to get the path correctly, however, all that comes out is gibberish, as if you're looking at an image without the extension. </p>
  
  <p>Ideally I'd like this to work as a "save as" sort of thing. </p>
  
  <p>How can I do this?</p>