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

public static function qry($sql) {
    try {
    $statement = $db_handle->prepare($sql);
    $retval = $statement->execute();
    if($statement->rowCount() >= 1) { 
        //do something               
    }else {
    $errors = $statement->errorInfo();
    echo $errors[2] . ", " . $errors[1] . " ," . $errors[0];
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}        
}