images do not display in Laravel 8

Question

am trying to store images in storage folder in Laravel 8 and at the same time fetch that image and displays it in browser, unfortunately, the images get saved but do not display

here is my file

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;


class PostsController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth');
}
public function create(){
    return view('posts.create');
}
public function store(){
    $data = request()->validate([
        'caption' => 'required',
        'image' => ['required','image']
    ]);
$imagePath = request('image')->store('uploads','public');
$image = Image::make(public_path("{C:\xampp\htdocs\app\storage\app\public\uploads\
   {$imagePath}"))->fit(1000,1000);
$image->save();
    dd($imagePath);
auth()->user()->posts()->create([
        'caption' => $data['caption'],
        'image'=>$imagePath,
    ]);

return redirect('/profile/'. auth()->user()->id);
}
public function show(\App\Models\Post $post){
    return view('posts.show', compact('post'));
}
}

any help guys

Answer 1

There are also predefined exit codes EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE

#include <stdlib.h>

...
    exit(0);
...

e.g. exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);