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Exception

Introduction

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Exception is the base class for all user exceptions.

Class synopsis

class Exception implements Throwable {
/* Properties */
protected string $message = "";
private string $string = "";
protected int $code;
protected string $file = "";
protected int $line;
private array $trace = [];
private ?Throwable $previous = null;
/* Methods */
public __construct(string $message = "", int $code = 0, ?Throwable $previous = null)
final public getMessage(): string
final public getPrevious(): ?Throwable
final public getCode(): int
final public getFile(): string
final public getLine(): int
final public getTrace(): array
final public getTraceAsString(): string
public __toString(): string
private __clone(): void
}

Properties

message

The exception message

code

The exception code

file

The filename where the exception was created

line

The line where the exception was created

previous

The previously thrown exception

string

The string representation of the stack trace

trace

The stack trace as an array

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