Why is my catch exception code not working? - php

I can connect the database and the PHP but if I intentionally mess up the database, it doesn't do the code for the catch. The catch is not working. It only displays the warning. I would also like to know how to get rid of that.
This is the warning I get:
Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1049): Unknown database 'mytodsssssasdsdasdassdos' in D:\XAMPP\htdocs\projects\index.php on line 10
What am I doing wrong?
Here is my PHP code
<?php
$user = 'root';
$password = '';
$db = 'mytodsssssasdsdasdassdos'; //real DB name is mytodos
try {
$db = new mysqli('localhost', $user, $password, $db);
} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $e) {
die (var_dump('Unable to Connect to the Database.'));
} //echo 'Connected.';

By default error reporting for mysqli is disabled. The only "error" you ever get is the warning when the connection can't be established. You can't catch warnings in PHP with try-catch. However, there is a very simple solution. Enable error reporting properly and you will be able to catch all mysqli errors.
try {
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$db = new mysqli('localhost', $user, $password, $db);
} catch (mysqli_sql_exception $e) {
// Do something with the exception here and rethrow it.
throw $e;
}
On the unrelated note, it doesn't look like you need to catch anything there. Just stick to the standard way of connecting without any catching:
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_ERROR | MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
$db = new mysqli('localhost', $user, $password, $db);
$db->set_charset('utf8mb4');

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My code works as well. But I seen a similar code which checks the connection like this:
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}
Well do I need to this ^ condition? Or using try catch is enough to check db connection?
It depends on what you set for PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE. In your case, it's set as PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, so an error will throw an Exception.
$dbh_conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
This error mode however is not applied when you connect (i.e., when __constructor() is called in PDO), since a PDOException is always thrown:
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<?php
session_start();
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error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors','1');
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$password = 'dbpass';
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Can't Link To MySQL database

I am learning MySQL/PHP and I cannot figure out how to connect to MySQL on my localhost. I have written a short bit of code and I included root as my user name and root as my password because I have not set these elements yet (as far as I know). I feel that perhaps I am missing something in regards to the username/password combination. However, I feel that this should not be an issue because I have not tampered with the default conditions.
I need some help.
My code is below:
<?php
try {
$db = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname=shirts4max;port=3306", "root", "root");
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$db->exec("SET NAMES 'utf-8'");
} catch (Exception $e) {
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exit;
}
I am only seeing the error message on my page:
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Thank for reading. Please help me Obiwan.
Show the real error. Avoid using root except for maintenance.
From the PDO Manual page here, modified for you
<?php
$dsn = 'mysql:dbname=shirts4max;host=localhost';
$user = 'root';
$password = 'root';
try {
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
$dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
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?>
Have you tried connecting via command line using: mysql -uroot -proot -hlocalhost -p3306? If you can't connect that way, the PDO connection won't go through either. Playing with the connection info via command line gives you a nice easy way to find what works, then include it in your code. Also, if you've not set the user/pw, it's possible there isn't one currently, so you wouldn't need those parameters at all.

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im trying to learn PDO
i've made this code to connect to the database
<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "testcreate";
$dbuser = "root";
$dbpass = "mysql";
if (!$db) {
throw new Exception('failed to connect to mysql')
}
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$db = new PDO('mysql:host='.$dbhost.';dbname='.$dbname.';charset=utf8', ''.$dbuser.'', ''.$dbpass.'');
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}
?>
the connection works, but when i try to make an error and i want to catch the error
this error popup
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'failed to connect to mysql' in C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\www\test.php:8 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\Program Files (x86)\Ampps\www\test.php on line 8
can you help me fix the error or shows me the right way to do it
the problem is that
You're trying to throw exception before connection and outside of try.
There is no need to throw your own exception because PDO throws its own exception if connection fails.
Also you'd consider exception type.
try {
$db = new PDO('mysql:host='.$dbhost.';dbname='.$dbname.';charset=utf8', ''.$dbuser.'', ''.$dbpass.'');
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo "Caught exception : ", $e->getMessage();
}
Also, there is no need to turn PDO on exceptions to catch an exception. But if you are trying to handle errors with exceptions you must turn on that feature right after connection is established.
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
The problem is that you don't want to catch anything.
At least until you want it only to echo the error message out.
Also, exceptions has nothing to do with PDO syntax.
The real problem here is in this line:
} catch (MyFunkyException $e) {
MyFunkyException is a classname of the type of exception you want to catch.
PDO doesn't throw a MyFunkyException exception - the docs state that it throws a PDOException exception.
You can fix this by changing the line like this:
} catch (PDOException $e) {
Or by catching all exceptions regardless of type, like this:
} catch (Exception $e) {
try by using this code below
<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "testcreate";
$dbuser = "root";
$dbpass = "mysql";
try {
$db = new PDO('mysql:host='.$dbhost.';dbname='.$dbname.';charset=utf8', $dbuser, $dbpass);
$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

new mysqli(): how to intercept an 'unable to connect' error?

I'm doing this (yes, I'm using wrong connection data, it's to force a connection error )
try {
$connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db') ;
} catch (Exception $e ) {
echo "Service unavailable";
exit (3);
}
But PHP is doing this php_warning:
mysqli::mysqli(): (28000/1045): Access denied for user 'my_user'#'localhost' (using password: YES)
In the example I'm using wrong connection data to force a connection error, but in the real world the database could be down, or the network could be down... etc..
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You need to tell mysqli to throw exceptions:
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);
try {
$connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db') ;
} catch (Exception $e ) {
echo "Service unavailable";
echo "message: " . $e->message; // not in live code obviously...
exit;
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Now you will catch the exception and you can take it from there.
For PHP 5.2.9+
if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
die('Connect Error, '. $mysqli->connect_errno . ': ' . $mysqli->connect_error);
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You'll want to set the Report Mode to a strict level as well, just as jeroen suggests, but the code above is still useful for specifically detecting a connection error. The combination of those two approaches is what's recommended in the PHP manual.
Check $connection->connect_error value.
See the example here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.construct.php
mysqli_report(MYSQLI_REPORT_STRICT);, as described elsewhere, gives me an error and stops the script immediately. But this below seems to provide the desired output for me...
error_reporting(E_ERROR);
$connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'my_user', 'my_password', 'my_db') ;
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);
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Attempting to catch this error with try..catch() will fail.

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