Intervention causing reload of page? - php

Question

I'm probably using it wrong and not understanding the purpose properly. But as a simple test, I added the following in my "master.blade.php" file:
if (!file_exists('images/cache/clients/'.$image)) {
$img = Image::make('images/clients/'.$image)->resize(null, 50, true);
$img->save('images/cache/clients/'.$image);
}
The problem is that when it hits this code, it basically reloads the entire frontpage. SO I see the content twice. It's like the make function actually does some header response of some kind.
All I want to do is resize the image, and save it to another location. What am I missing?
UPDATE
I have this in my composer.json file:
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
"way/generators": "dev-master",
"laravelbook/ardent": "dev-master",
"codesleeve/stapler": "dev-master",
"phpseclib/phpseclib": "0.3.*",
"chumper/datatable": "dev-master",
"moltin/laravel-cart": "dev-master",
"intervention/image": "1.*",
"opauth/opauth": "0.4.x",
"artdarek/oauth-4-laravel": "dev-master"
},
I am unsure whether this should be added anywhere:
use Intervention\Image\Image;
(this page isn't exact if this should be added for laravel, or where it should be added for laravel)
I've got:
GD bundled (2.1.0 compatible)
PHP 5.5.11
Any ideas what's wrong?
UPDATE2
Make just does this:
public static function make($source)
{
return new static($source);
}
I've tried wrapping make around an exception, no luck. But even if I do this:
public static function make($source)
{
$bla = new static($source);
print 'xxx'; die();
}
I don't see the print 'xxx' happening. If I put it before the "new static" part, I do see it. So basically, it's bombing on "new static". Is there any reason why this should happen on PHP 5.5?
** THINK I GOT IT **
I took everything out and placed it before the app even runs. Now I get this error:
Symfony \ Component \ Debug \ Exception \ FatalErrorException
Call to undefined function Intervention\Image\finfo_buffer()
This is saying libjpeg might be the issue, but it seems I do have it in my PhpInfo:
libJPEG Version 9 compatible
I'm running xampp, and apparrently I need this in the php.ini file:
extension=php_fileinfo.dll
I've added it but have to restart my machine to see the effect (dont ask, my xampp is broken)... will report back in a sec.

Answer 1

The problem was not having fileinfo enabled. I added this in my php.ini file:
extension=php_fileinfo.dll
That did the trick. A bit of a bummer that the addon didn't make it apparent.
Thanks for the downvote, but I'm sure this will help someone else trouble-shoot this problem.