Saving animated gif with image intervention - laravel

Question

I am trying to upload animated gif as user avatar. These images are converted to base64 through javascript and then are uploaded using image intervention.
$img = Image::make(file_get_contents($file));
$mime = $img->mime();
if ($mime == 'image/jpeg')
$ext= '.jpg';
elseif ($mime == 'image/png')
$ext= '.png';
elseif ($mime == 'image/gif')
$ext= '.gif';
elseif($mime == 'image/x-icon')
$ext = '.ico';
elseif($mime == 'image/bmp')
$ext = '.bmp';
else {
$ext = '.jpg';
}
$name = time().$ext;
$path = public_path("images/$controller");
File::isDirectory($path) or File::makeDirectory($path);
if(property_exists($field, 'size') && !$ext=='.gif') {
$field->size = explode('*',$field->size);
if($img->resize($field->size[0], $field->size[1])->save("$path/$name")) {
$data[$key] = $name;
} else {
$data[$key] = null;
}
} else {
if($img->save("$path/$name")) {
$data[$key] = $name;
} else {
$data[$key] = null;
}
}
But, those images lose animation after upload. I don't know what to do. How to not lose animation?
Javascript code:
reader.onload = function(e) {
var src = e.target.result;
var name = file.name;
var type = file.type;
var img = "<img src='"+src+"' class='img-fluid mx-auto' alt='image'>";
$('.card_group_'+field+' .previewContainer_'+count+' .file-loading').remove();
$('.card_group_'+field+' .previewContainer_'+count+' .imagePreview').append(img);
$('.card_group_'+field+' .previewContainer_'+count+' .card-header').append(name);
var input = "input[name='"+field+"']";
var added = $(input).val();
if(added == '') {
$(input).val(src);
} else {
$(input).val(added+';'+src);
}
}
reader.readAsDataURL(file);

Answer 1

For now, you can use another function to save when it is a gif, and keep using others from the library.
if ($file->getClientOriginalExtension() == 'gif') {
copy($file->getRealPath(), $destination);
}
else {
$image->save($destination);
}
$width = $image->width();
$height = $image->height();
$image->destroy();
Credits to: https://github.com/Intervention/image/issues/176#issuecomment-58863939