How to Simulate 500 Error in Symfony 2

Question

I am wondering how would I simulate a 500 error in Symfony 2.

I have been reading this post where Raise suggests throwing an exception

Answer 1

A good way to do it can be:

use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;

throw new HttpException(\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response::HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, 'Testing the 500 error');