Catch Guzzle Exception and return string - php

Question

So I need some help on building out one of my methods for retrieving twitter lists using IDs. Below, I will describe and go into detail on what it's returning.
Code:
public static function get_list($list_id)
{
$lists = self::get_lists();
$params = [
'list.fields' => 'created_at,follower_count,member_count,private,description,owner_id',
'user.fields' => 'created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld'
];
try {
$list = $lists->get($list_id, $params);
} catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException $e) {
return $e;
}
return $list;
}
When $lists->get() has an issue, it throws the following items object(GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException)#1640 (10) { ["request":"GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException":private]=> error.
What I'd like to achieve:
Return $e so that I can read the error (Unable to get this to work).
If I switch out return $e for return 'Hello', I still see the object and not the string.
The IDE suggests that it #throws GuzzleException.
Does anyone see anything wrong in how I'm handling my exception and why I'm unable to properly return the exception error?

Answer 1

Try to use exception hierarchy to catch any exception. ClientException only catches status code between 400x-499. To catch other exception or catch within the same Exception you can use RequestException.
public static function get_list($list_id)
{
$lists = self::get_lists();
$params = [
'list.fields' => 'created_at,follower_count,member_count,private,description,owner_id',
'user.fields' => 'created_at,description,entities,id,location,name,pinned_tweet_id,profile_image_url,protected,public_metrics,url,username,verified,withheld'
];
try {
$list = $lists->get($list_id, $params);
if($list->getStatusCode() == 200)){
$return_list = json_decode($list->getBody(),true);
}
} catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException $e) {
$error['error'] = $e->getMessage();
$error['request'] = $e->getRequest();
if($e->hasResponse()){
// you can pass a specific status code to catch a particular error here I have catched 400 Bad Request.
if ($e->getResponse()->getStatusCode() == '400'){
$error['response'] = $e->getResponse();
}
}
return $error;
} catch(\GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException $se){
$error['error'] = $e->getMessage();
$error['request'] = $e->getRequest();
return $error;
} catch(Exception $e){
//other errors
}
return $list;
}