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

File "{path}" contained in SplFileInfo is not readable

Error message

File "{path}" contained in SplFileInfo is not readable

What it means

Error "File "{path}" contained in SplFileInfo is not readable" thrown in Intervention/image.

Source

Thrown at src/Traits/CanParseFilePath.php:119

            throw new FileNotFoundException(
                'File "' . $basename . '" contained in SplFileInfo was not found in directory "' . $dirname . '"',
            );
        }

        if (!is_file($path)) {
            throw new FileNotFoundException(
                'File "' . $basename . '" contained in SplFileInfo is no file in directory "' . $dirname . '"',
            );
        }

        if (!is_readable($dirname)) {
            throw new FileNotReadableException(
                'Directory "' . $dirname . '" contained in SplFileInfo is not readable',
            );
        }

        if (!is_readable($path)) {
            throw new FileNotReadableException(
                'File "' . $path . '" contained in SplFileInfo is not readable',
            );
        }

        $realpath = $splFileInfo->getRealPath();

        if ($realpath === false) {
            throw new FileNotReadableException('Failed to read file "' . $path . '" from ' . SplFileInfo::class);
        }

        return $realpath;
    }
}

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Solutions

1. Check is_readable($path) and fix file permissions/ownership
2. Make sure the file still exists and is not locked by another process
3. Respect open_basedir restrictions in php.ini when reading outside the web root

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/Traits/CanParseFilePath.php:119 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Intervention/image@5598b9e397 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3bad82c2d7498a41. Report an issue: GitHub.