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authorDivay Prakash <divayprakash3@gmail.com>2018-11-02 04:21:54 +0530
committerDivay Prakash <divayprakash3@gmail.com>2018-11-02 04:21:54 +0530
commitca98611c099b2108c37c603440338d1b7ba6cdfb (patch)
treee527e9528fa668234d3e1862fbe5b3f8db003bb1 /php.html.markdown
parent7cc32b69a3d000235c099724addbf209234d3e1c (diff)
Fix exception handling example
Diffstat (limited to 'php.html.markdown')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/php.html.markdown b/php.html.markdown
index 3b18aa60..40c9dd01 100644
--- a/php.html.markdown
+++ b/php.html.markdown
@@ -837,11 +837,14 @@ try {
// Handle exception
}
-// When using try catch blocks in a namespaced environment use the following
+// When using try catch blocks in a namespaced environment it is important to
+// escape to the global namespace, because Exceptions are classes, and the
+// Exception class exists in the global namespace. This can be done using a
+// leading backslash to catch the Exception.
try {
// Do something
-} catch (Exception $e) {
+} catch (\Exception $e) {
// Handle exception
}