Try/Catch block in PHP not catching Exception

Question

I am trying to run this Example #1 from this page: http://php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php

Answer 1

I just had this exact problem where it seemed like I had even copied the name of the exception and yet it didn't catch it. It turned out it was my stupid mistake but I thought I should post my case here in case there is someone else in the same situation.

I had my exception in my namespace called A and the script was in a namespace called B. The problem was that I had A\MyException which equals (in PHP) \B\A\MyException (because my script is in the namespace called B!). All I had to do to fix it was to add backslash (or whatever it's called) to the exception name so it would look like this: \A\MyException

Answer 2

TLDR; make sure you have use Exception; on the top of both php files

Answer 3

You can not use the typical try{} catch{} blocks in PHP as you could do in another language like C# (Csharp).

If you do this:

try{
    //division by zero
    $number = 5/0;
}
catch(Exception $ex){
    echo 'Got it!';
}

You will not see the 'Got it!' message never. Why? It's just because PHP always needs an Exception to be "Thrown". You need to set your own error handler and throw an Exception with it.

See set_error_handler function: http://php.net/manual/es/function.set-error-handler.php

Answer 4

Maybe try disabling certain 3rd party extensions you might have installed? http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41744

Answer 5

If you are using PHP 7, you may need Throwable instead of Exception

Answer 6

\Exception doesn't work for me but I found a solution.

I needed to replace try{}catch(Exception $e){} by try{}catch(Throwable $e){}.

For more information : https://trowski.com/2015/06/24/throwable-exceptions-and-errors-in-php7/