how to handle exceptions/errors in php?
- by fayer
when using 3rd part libraries they tend to throw exceptions to the browser and hence kill the script.
eg. if im using doctrine and insert a duplicate record to the database it will throw an exception.
i wonder, what is best practice for handling these exceptions.
should i always do a try...catch?
but doesn't that mean that i will have try...catch all over the script and for every single function/class i use? Or is it just for debugging?
i don't quite get the picture.
Cause if a record already exists in a database, i want to tell the user "Record already exists".
And if i code a library or a function, should i always use "throw new Expcetion($message, $code)" when i want to create an error?
Please shed a light on how one should create/handle exceptions/errors.
Thanks
