Throwable

(PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

Throwable is the base interface for any object that can be thrown via a throw statement, including Error and Exception.

Note:

PHP classes cannot implement the Throwable interface directly, and must instead extend Exception.

Interface synopsis

interface Throwable extends Stringable {
/* Methods */
public getMessage(): string
public getCode(): int
public getFile(): string
public getLine(): int
public getTrace(): array
public __toString(): string
/* Inherited methods */
}

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 Throwable implements Stringable now.

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mlocati at gmail dot com
7 years ago
I wrote a simple script that prints out the Throwable and Exception tree for every PHP version.

You can find this script here:
https://gist.github.com/mlocati/249f07b074a0de339d4d1ca980848e6a

And its output is here:
https://3v4l.org/sDMsv
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thisbug at foxmail dot com
4 years ago
try {
// Code that may throw an Exception or Error.
} catch (Throwable $t) {
// Executed only in PHP 7, will not match in PHP 5.x
} catch (Exception $e) {
// Executed only in PHP 5.x, will not be reached in PHP 7
}

interface MyPackageThrowable extends Throwable {}

class MyPackageException extends Exception implements MyPackageThrowable {}

throw new MyPackageException();
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