Quick Reference
The PHP getPrevious() method returns the previous exception when an exception is triggered by a previous exception. Otherwise it returns null.
<?php
try {
try {
throw new Exception('An error occurred', 1);
}
catch(Exception $e1) {
throw new Exception('A second error has occurred', 2, $e1);
}
}
catch (Exception $e2) {
echo $previous = $e2->getPrevious();
echo $previous->getMessage();
}
?>Output
Exception: An error occurred in /home/test.php:4 Stack trace: #0 {main}An error occurredSyntax
$exception->getPrevious()PHP Notes:
- When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
- Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
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