The 
                                                                public_path function returns the fully qualified path to your application's public directory. You may also use the public_path function to generate a fully qualified path to a given file within the public directory:<?php $path = public_path();
$path = public_path('css/app.css');<?php         app('livewire')->provide(function() {
            $this->publishes(
                [
                    __DIR__.'/../../../dist' => public_path('vendor/livewire'),
                ],
                'livewire:assets',
            );<?php         $assetWarning = null;
        if (! file_exists(public_path('vendor/livewire/manifest.json'))) {
            return [$url, $assetWarning];
        }<?php             return [$url, $assetWarning];
        }
        $publishedManifest = json_decode(file_get_contents(public_path('vendor/livewire/manifest.json')), true);
        $versionedFileName = $publishedManifest['/livewire.js'];
        $fileName = config('app.debug') ? '/livewire.js' : '/livewire.min.js';<?php     'links' => [
        public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public'),
    ],
];<?php     protected function startProcess($hasEnvironment)
    {
        $process = new Process($this->serverCommand(), public_path(), collect($_ENV)->mapWithKeys(function ($value, $key) use ($hasEnvironment) {
            if ($this->option('no-reload') || ! $hasEnvironment) {
                return [$key => $value];
            }<?php     protected function links()
    {
        return $this->laravel['config']['filesystems.links'] ??
               [public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public')];
    }<?php     protected function links()
    {
        return $this->laravel['config']['filesystems.links'] ??
               [public_path('storage') => storage_path('app/public')];
    }
}<?php             $manifestDirectory = "/{$manifestDirectory}";
        }
        if (is_file(public_path($manifestDirectory.'/hot'))) {
            $url = rtrim(file_get_contents(public_path($manifestDirectory.'/hot')));
            $customUrl = app('config')->get('app.mix_hot_proxy_url');<?php         }
        if (is_file(public_path($manifestDirectory.'/hot'))) {
            $url = rtrim(file_get_contents(public_path($manifestDirectory.'/hot')));
            $customUrl = app('config')->get('app.mix_hot_proxy_url');<?php             return new HtmlString("//localhost:8080{$path}");
        }
        $manifestPath = public_path($manifestDirectory.'/mix-manifest.json');
        if (! isset($manifests[$manifestPath])) {
            if (! is_file($manifestPath)) {<?php     public function hotFile()
    {
        return $this->hotFile ?? public_path('/hot');
    }<?php         $chunk = $this->chunk($this->manifest($buildDirectory), $asset);
        $path = public_path($buildDirectory.'/'.$chunk['file']);
        if (! is_file($path) || ! file_exists($path)) {
            throw new Exception("Unable to locate file from Vite manifest: {$path}.");<?php     protected function manifestPath($buildDirectory)
    {
        return public_path($buildDirectory.'/'.$this->manifestFilename);
    }<?php     {
        app()->usePublicPath(__DIR__);
        $path = public_path(Str::finish($directory, '/').'hot');<?php     {
        app()->usePublicPath(__DIR__);
        $path = public_path(Str::finish($directory, '/').'mix-manifest.json');
        touch($path); 
    