7. Error and Exception Handling

In this chapter, we explain the concept of exception handling and the way it is implemented in PHP. Exceptions provide a unified mechanism for handling errors in an extensible, maintainable, and object-oriented way.

Key topics covered in this chapter include

Image Exception handling concepts

Image Exception control structures: try...throw...catch

Image The Exception class

User-defined exceptions

Exceptions in Bob’s Auto Parts

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