Can you throw an array instead of a string as an exception in php?

Question

I want to throw an array as an exception in php, instead of a string. Is it possible to do this if you define your own class that extends the Exception class?

For exampl

Answer 1

If you don't want to extend Exception, you can encode your array into a string:

try {
  throw new Exception(serialize(['msg'=>"Booped up with %d.",'num'=>123]));
} catch (Exception $e) {
  $data = unserialize($e->getMessage());
  if (is_array($data))
    printf($data['msg'],$data['num']);
  else
    print($e->getMessage());
}

You can also use json_encode/json_decode if you prefer.