$exception->getTraceAsString() first item missing - php

Question

I throw an exception inside à file.php I want to catch and display the trace for debugging, but the trace is incomplete when I get it with $exception->getTraceAsString(). The trace is correct when I use debug_print_backtrace() inside the exception constructor:
# page.php, called by index.php
<?php
class CustomException extends Exception {
public function __construct($message = "", $code = 0, $previous = null) {
echo '<pre>';
debug_print_backtrace();
echo '</pre>';
parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
}
}
try {
include('file.php'); // throw a CustomException
} catch (CustomException $e) {
echo '<pre>' . $e->getTraceAsString() . '</pre>';
echo '<hr>';
echo '</pre>';
}
# output of debug_print_backtrace():
#0 App\Exception… called at [/path/to/file.php:1396]
#1 include(/path/to/file.php) called at [/path/to/page.php:3]
#2 require_once(/path/to/page.php) called at [/path/to/index.php:100]
# output of $e->getTraceAsString():
#0 /path/to/page.php(3): include()
#1 /path/to/index.php(100): require_once('/path/to/i...')
#2 {main}
Is there a way to get the full traceAsString (and more important for me, the output of $e->getTrace()) ?

Answer 1

getTrace()/getTraceAsString() seems to be just the trace, but not the error message. You can always build your own line, which can also help with readability. I use something like this on a lot of my logging, which is useful even when I don't include the trace:
$error_string = "Error with (whatever it is), ".$e->getMessage() . " on " . $e->getLine() . " of " . $e->getFile();
You can also check to see what kind of exception it might be:
$error_string .= " - Exception of type ".get_class($e);