NotWritableException in Image.php line 143: Can't write image data to path (C:\Users\SurajLifeean\surj\public\images/)

Question

I am using laravel 5.2 and faced a problem while working on image uploading. I am getting an error as

NotWritableException in Image.php line 143: Can't write image data to path (C:\Users\SurajLifeean\surj\public\images/)

This code is inside my controller.

  $image=$request->file('featured_image');
  $filename=time().'.'.$image->getClientOriginalExtension();
  $location = public_path('images/',$filename);
  Image::make($image)->resize(800,400)->save($location);$post->image=$filename;

i have accross a solution to include at the begining

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;

but it didnt help. can any one suggest me a solution

Answer 1

from your error message you got two issues,

1 ) NotWritableException means that your folder you are trying to touch is not writeable, which means that you need to give that folder 777 permissions

2 ) you are under windows environment, while you are using UNIX directory separator.

it's always good practice to use the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant as directory separator instead of fixed separators.

as follows:

$location = public_path('images' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $filename);

or simply in your case use :

$location = public_path('images\', $filename);