Intervention/image · error · Intervention\Image\Exceptions\DriverException

Failed to get current frame data

Error message

Failed to get current frame data

What it means

Core::get() (reached via at()) first calls setIteratorIndex($key); if that fails it quietly returns $default. Only when the index sets but Imagick::current() then throws does this DriverException fire — meaning the frame container acknowledges the index yet cannot materialize the current frame. That indicates an internally inconsistent or corrupted image list inside Imagick.

Source

Thrown at src/Drivers/Imagick/Core.php:105

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see CollectionInterface::get()
     *
     * @throws DriverException
     */
    public function get(int|string $key, mixed $default = null): mixed
    {
        try {
            $this->imagick->setIteratorIndex((int) $key);
        } catch (ImagickException) {
            return $default;
        }

        try {
            return new Frame($this->imagick->current());
        } catch (ImagickException | RuntimeException $e) {
            throw new DriverException('Failed to get current frame data', previous: $e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see CollectionInterface::set()
     *
     * @throws DriverException
     */
    public function set(int|string $key, mixed $item): CollectionInterface
    {
        return $this->add($item);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *

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Solutions

1. Guard the access with the container's own check: $image->core()->has($key) or count() > $key before at().
2. Re-read the image from the original bytes and retry once; persistent failure marks the file as corrupt.
3. Avoid mixing raw removeImage()/addImage() calls with the Core API — rebuild the image instead.

Example fix

// before
$frame = $image->core()->at(2);

// after
$frame = $image->core()->has(2)
    ? $image->core()->at(2)
    : $image->core()->first(); // or handle the missing-frame case explicitly

// guard frame access with the container's own capability check
$core = $image->core();
$frame = $core->has($index) ? $core->at($index) : $core->first();

try { $frame = $image->core()->at($index); } catch (DriverException $e) { /* inconsistent frame list: re-read from original bytes and retry once */ }

When it happens

Trigger: at()/get() on a GIF whose frame list is internally inconsistent (corrupt file); calling get() after manual Imagick list surgery (removeImage/addImage) left the iterator between valid states; per-frame lazy decode failing only for the requested frame.

Common situations: Animated GIF processing after custom frame manipulation; partially written multi-frame files from interrupted uploads; cores mutated by both raw Imagick calls and the library.

Related errors

• Failed to slice image
• Given color space must implement Intervention\Image\Interfac
• Failed to apply {class}, unable to re-apply image frame
• Offset is not in the range of frames
• Frame #${position} could not be found in the image

AI-assisted analysis of Intervention/image@5598b9e397 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/da1fd7bda3e362fd. Report an issue: GitHub.