PHP PDO: Displaying errors

Question

Do I need to use the try and catch block to display errors with PHP\'s PDO extension?

For example, with mysql you can usally do something like:

if ( ! $q         


        

Answer 1

You can choose what PDO does with errors via PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE:

$pdo->setAttribute (PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING); // Raise E_WARNING.
$pdo->setAttribute (PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT); // Sets error codes.
// or
$pdo->setAttribute (PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); // throws exception