LinkStack/resources/views/components/favicon.blade.php

<?php
use App\Models\Link;

if (!function_exists('getFavIcon')) {
    function getFavIcon($id)
    {
        try {
            $link = Link::find($id);
            $url = $link->link;

            // Use Google's Favicon API
            $faviconUrl = 'http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=256&domain=' . $url;

            // Get the favicon and save it to the desired location
            $favicon = file_get_contents($faviconUrl);
            $filename = $id . '.png';
            $filepath = base_path('assets/favicon/icons') . '/' . $filename;
            file_put_contents($filepath, $favicon);

            return url('assets/favicon/icons/' . $filename);
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            // Handle the exception by copying the default SVG favicon
            $defaultIcon = base_path('assets/linkstack/icons/website.svg');
            $filename = $id . '.svg';
            $filepath = base_path('assets/favicon/icons') . '/' . $filename;
            copy($defaultIcon, $filepath);

            return url('assets/favicon/icons/' . $filename);
        }
    }
}