PHP Exception couldn't work - php

Having read the article on this site here, I wrote this following code :
<?php
try{
annundefinedmethod();
}
catch(RuntimeException $e){
echo 'Runtime exception called';
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}
catch(Exception $e){
echo 'General exception called';
}
?>
I wanted to show an error based on the proper exception for the function calling in the try block. However, all above exceptions didn't work, I still got an error saying uncaught error : call to undefined method.... what has gone wrong with my code?

You can't catch fatal errors in PHP. You may use 'is_callable' or 'function_exists' for this situation.
You may throw your own catch if you like:
try{
if (!is_callable('annundefinedmethod')) {
throw new BadFunctionCallException();
}
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}

Quite simply an undefined method isn't the code throwing an exception.
try{
throw new Exception;
}
catch(RuntimeException $e){
echo 'Runtime exception called';
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}
catch(Exception $e){
echo 'General exception called';
}
You can also pass and call messages through in your exceptions and write them out in the catch block:
try{
throw new Exception('some useful error message');
}
catch(RuntimeException $e){
echo 'Runtime exception called';
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
}
This is the same for the other type of exceptions you mention:
try{
throw new RuntimeException;
}
catch(RuntimeException $e){
echo 'Runtime exception called';
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}
catch(Exception $e){
echo 'General exception called';
}
And
try{
throw new BadFunctionCallException;
}
catch(RuntimeException $e){
echo 'Runtime exception called';
}
catch(BadFunctionCallException $e){
echo 'Bad function call exception called';
}
catch(Exception $e){
echo 'General exception called';
}

In PHP 5.x, you have to explicitly test if the function is callable first. You can't catch this type of error.
In PHP 7, errors such as this one are actually Error objects that implement Throwable. Error is a the new PHP 7 new base class for thrown internal PHP errors.
In this particular case, you are actually getting an Error object that implements Throwable. If you add a catch on either one of those types, you will be able to catch this error.
try {
annundefinedmethod();
}
catch (Error $e) {
//$e->getMessage() == "Call to undefined function annundefinedmethod()"
}

Related

Can someone explain my how this exceptions works?

I found an really interesting problem on the internet about Exceptions & Errors, but I can't get it.
class MyException extends Exception {
public function __construct(string $message) {
$this -> message = $message;
}
}
class A {
public function __construct() {
throw new MyException("an error appeared");
}
}
$err = null;
try {
new A();
}
catch (MyException $err) {
throw new Exception('another error appeared');
}
catch (Exception $err) {
echo $err;
}
When I execute the code I receive
Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: another error appeared in C:\xampp
I don't understand if it's a problem about the code or this is how it works actually. Maybe you can help me.
That fatal error is for an untreated exception?
Thank you!
The second catch block does not catch the exception thrown in the first catch block. It can only be used to catch a an additional type of exception thrown in the first try block.
To catch your second exception you need to add a nested try catch:
try {
new A();
}
catch (MyException $err) {
try {
throw new Exception('another error appeared');
}
catch (Exception $err) {
echo $err;
}
}
Yes, the fatal error is for an unhandled exception here:
$err = null;
try {
new A();
}
catch (MyException $err) {
--->throw new Exception('another error appeared');
}
catch (Exception $err) {
echo $err;
}
In case you are wondering what is leading to this, it is this line in your code snippet:
$err = null;
try {
---> new A();
}

Exception not able to get caught in catch block - Yii2

Exception
Exception 'Error' with message 'Class 'app\commands\CallLogs' not
found'
is not able to get caught in catch block.
Code:
I tried with calling undefined class just to see how and what exception catch block catches.
public function actionTest(){
try {
$logs = new CallLogs();
} catch (\yii\base\Exception $ex) {
print $ex->getMessage();
} catch(\ErrorException $ex){
print $ex->getMessage();
}
}
But, When I intentionally throw any exception, it works.
public function actionTest(){
try {
throw new \yii\base\Exception('hello');
} catch (\yii\base\Exception $ex) {
print $ex->getMessage();
} catch(\ErrorException $ex){
print $ex->getMessage();
}
}
I have tried with base\Exception class and \ErrorException class. But, no help.
Any help/hint is appreciable
catch (\Throwable $e) will do the job
\Throwable was introduced back in PHP 7.0 and is (quoting from docs) used for
[...] any object that can be thrown via a throw statement, including
Error and Exception.

cannot catch exception in php

I have written a very simple code to catch an exception in PHP but it still shows an error on the page . I am not able to understand why it does not catch the exception .
<?php
try
{
session_start();
echo ($counter);
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
echo "caught exception";
}
?>
Before php 7 you could only catch exceptions, not errors, but since php 7 you have a new interface called \Throwable that is more general than just exceptions and also the Error class was introduced that implements Throwable
http://php.net/manual/en/class.throwable.php
There are currently two types of Throwable objects, that is Exceptions and Errors,
So now you can also catch Errors,
However Fatal errors still break your code
you can try
<?php
try
{
session_start();
echo ($counter);
}
catch(\Exception $e)
{
echo "caught exception";
}
catch(\Error $e)
{
echo "caught error";
}
or you car try
try
{
session_start();
echo ($counter);
}
catch(\Throwable $e)
{
echo "caught exception";
}

Handle php errors

I'm trying to catch and throw php errors as an exception
set_exception_handler(function($e){
echo $e->getMessage();
});
register_shutdown_function(function() {
$error = error_get_last();
if ($error['type'] === E_ERROR) {
throw new ErrorException($error['message'], 0);
}
});
notExistingFunction();
The problem is that ErrorException is not "catched" by my exception handler and I get
Uncaught exception 'ErrorException' with message 'Call to undefined function notExistingFunction()'
instead of a nice message.
set_exception_handler( 'ExceptionHandler' );
http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-exception-handler.php
In your case:
set_exception_handler( 'notExistingFunction' );
try{
//your code
} catch (Exception $e) {
//do something with errr
}

What type of exception to throw for custom errors?

I have the following script.
According to http://php.net/manual/en/class.pdoexception.php, You should not throw a PDOException from your own code.
But I want the same catch to be performed whether a PDOException or the exception that I threw for an invalid foo.
I've also been told that I should never catch the generic Exception, but only catch specific Exceptions.
How should this be implemented?
try {
db::db()->beginTransaction();
//Do a bunch of queries, and a PDO exception will be thrown upon error
if($foo($bar)) {throw new Exception('Invalid foo.');}
db::db()->commit();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
db::db()->rollBack();
//Maybe do some other stuff
}
Something like
try {
db::db()->beginTransaction();
//Do a bunch of queries, and a PDO exception will be thrown upon error
if($foo($bar)) {throw new RuntimeException('Invalid foo.');}
db::db()->commit();
} catch (PDOException $e) {
db::db()->rollBack();
//Maybe do some other stuff
} catch (RuntimeException $e) {
//foo invalid
}

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