upload file to firebase storage laravel
$image = $request->image; //base64 string from frontend
$student = app('firebase.firestore')->database()->collection('Student')->document('defT5uT7SDu9K5RFtIdl');
$firebase_storage_path = 'Students/';
$name = $student->id();
$localfolder = public_path('firebase-temp-uploads') .'/';
if (!file_exists($localfolder)) {
mkdir($localfolder, 0777, true);
}
$parts = explode(";base64,", $image);
$type_aux = explode("image/", $parts[0]);
$type = $aux[1];
$base64 = base64_decode($parts[1]);
$file = $name . '.png';
if (file_put_contents($localfolder . $file, $base64)) {
$uploadedfile = fopen($localfolder . $file, 'r');
app('firebase.storage')->getBucket()->upload($uploadedfile, ['name' => $firebase_storage_path . $name]);
//will remove from local laravel folder
unlink($localfolder . $file);
echo 'success';
} else {
echo 'error';
}