(PHP 7, PHP 8)
Error::getPrevious — Returns previous Throwable
final public Error::getPrevious ( ) : Throwable
Returns previous Throwable (the third parameter of Error::__construct()).
This function has no parameters.
Returns the previous Throwable if available or null otherwise.
Example #1 Error::getPrevious() example
Looping over, and printing out, error trace.
<?php
class MyCustomError extends Error {}
function doStuff() {
try {
throw new InvalidArgumentError("You are doing it wrong!", 112);
} catch(Error $e) {
throw new MyCustomError("Something happened", 911, $e);
}
}
try {
doStuff();
} catch(Error $e) {
do {
printf("%s:%d %s (%d) [%s]\n", $e->getFile(), $e->getLine(), $e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), get_class($e));
} while($e = $e->getPrevious());
}
?> The above example will output something similar to:
/home/bjori/ex.php:8 Something happened (911) [MyCustomError] /home/bjori/ex.php:6 You are doing it wrong! (112) [InvalidArgumentError]
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