PHP exception handler and shutdown function - php

Question

How do i catch (custom)exceptions (with custom exception handler) that i have thrown in custom shutdown function ? I am not using any framework.
Example:
register_shutdown_function( 'shutdownFunction');
set_exception_handler( 'exceptionHandler');
function exceptionHandler(Exception $exception)
{
// handle and log exception for later debugging...
}
function shutdownFunction()
{
// something is not going right...
if (someVariable != someValue)
throw new RuntimeException('blah...'); // WILL NOT be caught by exception handler
}
// somewhere else in the code...
throw new Exception('something...'); // WILL be caught by exception handler (but not in shutdown function)
The script is using exceptions to communicate that it encountered an error during execution ie. unexpected variable passed to function, database failed to insert row etc...

Answer 1

You simply cannot do this in php.
The register_shutdown_function callback is the last thing that happens in your PHP application. Trying to throw an exception in there will not do anything but invoke a standard php handler. There isn't much to be found on the web regarding these inner workings.
However, I created my own solution for directing it to a single function.
set_exception_handler and register_shutdown_functionare very different functions:
set_exception_handler receives a single argument Exception
register_shutdown_function receives no arguments by default
I've made it so that the set_exception_handler (which receives $exception as argument) sets a property which I can use in the register_shutdown_function.
$lastException = null;
set_exception_handler(function ($e) use (&$lastException) {
$lastException = $e;
});
register_shutdown_function(function() use(&$lastException) {
if($error = error_get_last()) {
$lastException = new \ErrorException($error['message'], $error['type'], 1, $error['file'], $error['line']);
}
if($lastException) {
if (APPLICATION_ENV === 'production') {
Sentry\captureException($lastException);
} else {
var_dump($lastException);
}
}
});
I have no clue if this is a good way to solve the issue, but it allowed me to catch require unexisting_phpfile1389.php errors (Fatal) and regular throw \Exception()s in the same function.
Trying to throw an exception inside the shutdown handler will result in the following exception (how ironic):
( ! ) Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Can only throw objects in
C:...\index.php on line 34
( ! ) Error: Can only throw objects in
C:...\index.php on line 34

Answer 2

You can just wrap the body of your shutdownFunction with
function shutdownFunction()
try {
...
} catch (\Exception $e) {
// do something
}
}
and you will catch all exceptions becase Exception is the base class for all of them

Answer 3

It's quite simple:
function exception_handler (Exception $e) {
if ($e instanceof DBException)
error_handler (['query' => $e->getQuery ()]); // Your actions with your custom Exception object
}
function error_handler ($error) {
if (isset ($error['query']))
echo $error['query'];
else
// Another errors
}
set_error_handler ('error_handler', E_ALL);
set_exception_handler ('exception_handler');