From 43d32ca4a8bc68d305c75d9924937f45968ba4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lazizbek Ergashev <lazerg2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:16:52 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Remove JsonSerializable from EncodedImage

---
 src/EncodedImage.php            | 15 +--------------
 tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php |  7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/EncodedImage.php b/src/EncodedImage.php
index d0d872770..a6459f3c5 100644
--- a/src/EncodedImage.php
+++ b/src/EncodedImage.php
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 use Intervention\Image\Exceptions\StreamException;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\DataUriInterface;
 use Intervention\Image\Interfaces\EncodedImageInterface;
-use JsonSerializable;
 use Throwable;
 
-class EncodedImage extends File implements EncodedImageInterface, JsonSerializable
+class EncodedImage extends File implements EncodedImageInterface
 {
     /**
      * Create new instance.
@@ -74,18 +73,6 @@ public function toBase64(): string
         return base64_encode((string) $this);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     *
-     * @see JsonSerializable::jsonSerialize()
-     *
-     * @throws StreamException
-     */
-    public function jsonSerialize(): mixed
-    {
-        return $this->toDataUri();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Show debug info for the current image.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php b/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
index 665b6039c..d7f6ed28b 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ public function testToString(): void
         $this->assertEquals('foo', (string) $image);
     }
 
-    public function testJsonSerialze(): void
+    public function testNotJsonSerializable(): void
     {
+        // EncodedImage must not implement JsonSerializable, since frameworks
+        // like Laravel treat that as a signal to encode HTTP responses as
+        // JSON, overriding the correct image content type.
         $image = new EncodedImage('foo');
-        $this->assertEquals('["data:application\/octet-stream;base64,Zm9v"]', json_encode([$image]));
+        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(\JsonSerializable::class, $image);
     }
 
     public function testMediaType(): void

From 7f25da962ba359db86c29015c5dcc7c867e9b52c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lazizbek Ergashev <lazerg2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:19:23 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tighten regression test comment and imports

---
 tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php b/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
index d7f6ed28b..9d981bec0 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/EncodedImageTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Intervention\Image\Tests\Unit;
 
+use JsonSerializable;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use Intervention\Image\EncodedImage;
 use Intervention\Image\Tests\BaseTestCase;
@@ -54,11 +55,9 @@ public function testToString(): void
 
     public function testNotJsonSerializable(): void
     {
-        // EncodedImage must not implement JsonSerializable, since frameworks
-        // like Laravel treat that as a signal to encode HTTP responses as
-        // JSON, overriding the correct image content type.
+        // Frameworks like Laravel force application/json responses for JsonSerializable content.
         $image = new EncodedImage('foo');
-        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(\JsonSerializable::class, $image);
+        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(JsonSerializable::class, $image);
     }
 
     public function testMediaType(): void