Catching exceptions

[NotionCommotion]

Why isn't CustomException caught, yet Exception is?

<?php
namespace Notion\RestApp;
class CustomException extends \Exception
{
    public function __construct($message, $code = 0, Exception $previous = null) {
        parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
    }
    public function __toString() {
        return __CLASS__ . ": [{$this->code}]: {$this->message}\n";
    }
    public function customFunction() {
        echo "A custom function for this type of exception\n";
    }
}
?>

<?php
namespace Notion\RestApp;
class foo
{
    protected function bar()
    {
        try {
            $this->error();
        }
        catch(\CustomException $e) {/* Suppress CustomException errors */}
        //catch(\Exception $e) {/* This will catch CustomException */}
        $this->next();
    }
    protected function error()
    {
        throw new CustomException('error');
    }
}
?>

[kicken]

Because \CustomException does not exist. \Notion\RestApp\CustomException does.

[requinix]

If your next question is "why doesn't PHP complain that \CustomException does not exist?" then the answer is "because PHP doesn't need to check that". Think about why not.

[NotionCommotion]

Because \CustomException does not exist. \Notion\RestApp\CustomException does.

 

 

Because \CustomException does not exist. \Notion\RestApp\CustomException does.

Must have been hungover.

 

If your next question is "why doesn't PHP complain that \CustomException does not exist?" then the answer is "because PHP doesn't need to check that". Think about why not.