Hello I am using laravel 11, I am running into a specific issue for a long time, let me explain my problem with example.

Suppose default laravel directory is like this

/root
  /app
  /bootstrap
  /config
  /database
  /assets/img/packages/img.jpg
  /resources
  /routes
  /...
  /index.php

for security purpose i have moved the public folder out of the main project directory and its structure is like this.

/root
  /main
    /app
    /bootstrap
    /config
    /database
    /public
      /assets/img/packages/img.jpg
    /resources
    /routes
    /...

i am programatically storing the image in

root/main/public/assets/img/packages/img.jpg

and i want to access it from url like this.

http://web.test/assets/img/packages/img.jpg

but it tries to fetch image from root/assets/img/packages/img.jpg
instead of

root/main/public/assets/img/packages/img.jpg

can anyone assist me with this problem i have been figuring it out from days, Pardon if i am overlooking anything.

I have tried to make custom driver

'custom_assets' => [
    'driver' => 'local',
    'root' => public_path('assets'),
],