Upload & copy files between disks in Laravel 5

copyBetweenDisks.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Http\File;
use Storage;

/**
 * Load contents of file into memory and copy. Slower, but can copy from
 * remote disks.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function copyToDisk($local_disk, $local_path, $remote_disk, $remote_path)
{
    // Load local file into memory
    $local_contents = Storage::disk($local_disk)->get($local_path);

    // Stream file contents
    return Storage::disk($remote_disk)->put($remote_path, $local_contents);
}

/**
 * Copy using streamable reference to file. Useful for bigger files.
 * Requires full file path and will only work with local files.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function copyToDiskWithStream($local_disk, $local_path, $remote_disk, $remote_path)
{
    // Get full path
    $local_fullpath = Storage::disk($local_disk)
        ->getDriver()
        ->getAdapter()
        ->applyPathPrefix($local_path);

    // Create a reference to the local file
    $file_local = new File($local_fullpath);

    // Split up remote file path
    $remote_directory = dirname($remote_path);
    $remote_name = basename($remote_path);

    // Stream from reference
    Storage::disk($remote_disk)->putFileAs($remote_directory, $file_local, $remote_name);
}