Exeception Help

[livethedead]

Ok so I'm pretty new at this can't seem to figure out why I keep getting:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_TRY, expecting T_FUNCTION

		function __construct($input) {
			if (in_array($this->_input_word, Library::$_translators
			)) {
				$this->_input_word = $input;
				$this->_check = true;
			}	else {
					throw new Exception("Word not found in library.");
				}
			}

			try {}

			catch(Exception $e) {
				echo $e->getMessage();
				die();
			}

 

[scootstah]

You can't put random code inside a class definition; only methods and class variables are acceptable.

 

Also, that's not really how you use Exceptions. You shouldn't be handling the Exception in the same place you throw it, that defeats the purpose.

 

It should be more like:

class Example
{
function __construct($input) {
	if (in_array($this->_input_word, Library::$_translators
	)) {
		$this->_input_word = $input;
		$this->_check = true;
	} else {
			throw new Exception("Word not found in library.");
	}
}	
}

try {
$example = new Example;
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}

[livethedead]

Ahhh ok I see, I was looking at exceptions in the manual and just kinda rolled with it without realizing I was just writing code inside a class. Thanks for pointing that out, I was about to pull my hair out.