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<chapter xml:id="language.exceptions" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<title>Exceptions</title>
<para>
PHP 5 has an exception model similar to that of other programming languages.
An exception can be <literal>throw</literal>n, and caught
("<literal>catch</literal>ed") within PHP. Code may be surrounded in a
<literal>try</literal> block, to facilitate the catching of potential
exceptions. Each <literal>try</literal> must have at least one
corresponding <literal>catch</literal> block. Multiple
<literal>catch</literal> blocks can be used to catch different classes of
exceptions. Normal execution (when no exception is thrown within the
<literal>try</literal> block, or when a <literal>catch</literal> matching
the thrown exception's class is not present) will continue after that last
<literal>catch</literal> block defined in sequence. Exceptions can be
<literal>throw</literal>n (or re-thrown) within a <literal>catch</literal> block.
</para>
<para>
When an exception is thrown, code following the statement will not be
executed, and PHP will attempt to find the first matching
<literal>catch</literal> block. If an
exception is not caught, a PHP Fatal Error will be issued with an
"<literal>Uncaught Exception ...</literal>" message, unless a handler has
been defined with <function>set_exception_handler</function>.
</para>
<para>
In PHP 5.5 and later, a <literal>finally</literal> block may also be
specified after the <literal>catch</literal> blocks. Code within the
<literal>finally</literal> block will always be executed after the
<literal>try</literal> and <literal>catch</literal> blocks, regardless of
whether an exception has been thrown, and before normal execution resumes.
</para>
<para>
The thrown object must be an instance of the <classname>Exception</classname>
class or a subclass of <classname>Exception</classname>. Trying to throw an
object that is not will result in a PHP Fatal Error.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Internal PHP functions mainly use
<link linkend="ini.error-reporting">Error reporting</link>, only modern
<link linkend="language.oop5">Object oriented</link>
extensions use exceptions. However, errors can be simply translated to
exceptions with <link linkend="class.errorexception">ErrorException</link>.
</para>
</note>
<tip>
<para>
The <link linkend="intro.spl">Standard PHP Library (SPL)</link> provides a
good number of <link linkend="spl.exceptions">built-in exceptions</link>.
</para>
</tip>
<example>
<title>Throwing an Exception</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
function inverse($x) {
if (!$x) {
throw new Exception('Division by zero.');
}
return 1/$x;
}
try {
echo inverse(5) . "\n";
echo inverse(0) . "\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
// Continue execution
echo "Hello World\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
0.2
Caught exception: Division by zero.
Hello World
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title>Exception handling with a <literal>finally</literal> block</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
function inverse($x) {
if (!$x) {
throw new Exception('Division by zero.');
}
return 1/$x;
}
try {
echo inverse(5) . "\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
} finally {
echo "First finally.\n";
}
try {
echo inverse(0) . "\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
} finally {
echo "Second finally.\n";
}
// Continue execution
echo "Hello World\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
0.2
First finally.
Caught exception: Division by zero.
Second finally.
Hello World
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title>Nested Exception</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class MyException extends Exception { }
class Test {
public function testing() {
try {
try {
throw new MyException('foo!');
} catch (MyException $e) {
// rethrow it
throw $e;
}
} catch (Exception $e) {
var_dump($e->getMessage());
}
}
}
$foo = new Test;
$foo->testing();
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
string(4) "foo!"
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<sect1 xml:id="language.exceptions.extending">
<title>Extending Exceptions</title>
<para>
A User defined Exception class can be defined by extending the built-in
Exception class. The members and properties below, show what is accessible
within the child class that derives from the built-in Exception class.
</para>
<example>
<title>The Built in Exception class</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class Exception
{
protected $message = 'Unknown exception'; // exception message
private $string; // __toString cache
protected $code = 0; // user defined exception code
protected $file; // source filename of exception
protected $line; // source line of exception
private $trace; // backtrace
private $previous; // previous exception if nested exception
public function __construct($message = null, $code = 0, Exception $previous = null);
final private function __clone(); // Inhibits cloning of exceptions.
final public function getMessage(); // message of exception
final public function getCode(); // code of exception
final public function getFile(); // source filename
final public function getLine(); // source line
final public function getTrace(); // an array of the backtrace()
final public function getPrevious(); // previous exception
final public function getTraceAsString(); // formatted string of trace
// Overrideable
public function __toString(); // formatted string for display
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>
If a class extends the built-in Exception class and re-defines the <link
linkend="language.oop5.decon">constructor</link>, it is highly recommended
that it also call <link
linkend="language.oop5.paamayim-nekudotayim">parent::__construct()</link>
to ensure all available data has been properly assigned. The <link
linkend="language.oop5.magic">__toString()</link> method can be overridden
to provide a custom output when the object is presented as a string.
</para>
<note>
<para>
Exceptions cannot be cloned. Attempting to <link
linkend="language.oop5.cloning">clone</link> an Exception will result in a
fatal <constant>E_ERROR</constant> error.
</para>
</note>
<example>
<title>Extending the Exception class (PHP 5.3.0+)</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/**
* Define a custom exception class
*/
class MyException extends Exception
{
// Redefine the exception so message isn't optional
public function __construct($message, $code = 0, Exception $previous = null) {
// some code
// make sure everything is assigned properly
parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
}
// custom string representation of object
public function __toString() {
return __CLASS__ . ": [{$this->code}]: {$this->message}\n";
}
public function customFunction() {
echo "A custom function for this type of exception\n";
}
}
/**
* Create a class to test the exception
*/
class TestException
{
public $var;
const THROW_NONE = 0;
const THROW_CUSTOM = 1;
const THROW_DEFAULT = 2;
function __construct($avalue = self::THROW_NONE) {
switch ($avalue) {
case self::THROW_CUSTOM:
// throw custom exception
throw new MyException('1 is an invalid parameter', 5);
break;
case self::THROW_DEFAULT:
// throw default one.
throw new Exception('2 is not allowed as a parameter', 6);
break;
default:
// No exception, object will be created.
$this->var = $avalue;
break;
}
}
}
// Example 1
try {
$o = new TestException(TestException::THROW_CUSTOM);
} catch (MyException $e) { // Will be caught
echo "Caught my exception\n", $e;
$e->customFunction();
} catch (Exception $e) { // Skipped
echo "Caught Default Exception\n", $e;
}
// Continue execution
var_dump($o); // Null
echo "\n\n";
// Example 2
try {
$o = new TestException(TestException::THROW_DEFAULT);
} catch (MyException $e) { // Doesn't match this type
echo "Caught my exception\n", $e;
$e->customFunction();
} catch (Exception $e) { // Will be caught
echo "Caught Default Exception\n", $e;
}
// Continue execution
var_dump($o); // Null
echo "\n\n";
// Example 3
try {
$o = new TestException(TestException::THROW_CUSTOM);
} catch (Exception $e) { // Will be caught
echo "Default Exception caught\n", $e;
}
// Continue execution
var_dump($o); // Null
echo "\n\n";
// Example 4
try {
$o = new TestException();
} catch (Exception $e) { // Skipped, no exception
echo "Default Exception caught\n", $e;
}
// Continue execution
var_dump($o); // TestException
echo "\n\n";
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<note>
<para>
Versions of PHP 5, prior to PHP 5.3.0 do not support nesting of exceptions.
The following code fragment can be used as a replacement MyException class
if you wish to run this example.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/**
* Define a custom exception class
*/
class MyException extends Exception
{
// Redefine the exception so message isn't optional
public function __construct($message, $code = 0) {
// some code
// make sure everything is assigned properly
parent::__construct($message, $code);
}
// custom string representation of object
public function __toString() {
return __CLASS__ . ": [{$this->code}]: {$this->message}\n";
}
public function customFunction() {
echo "A custom function for this type of exception\n";
}
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</note>
</example>
</sect1>
</chapter>
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