(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Exception::getPrevious — Returns previous Throwable
Returns previous Throwable (which had been passed as the third parameter of Exception::__construct()).
This function has no parameters.
Example #1 Exception::getPrevious() example
Looping over, and printing out, exception trace.
<?php
class MyCustomException extends Exception {}
function doStuff() {
try {
throw new InvalidArgumentException("You are doing it wrong!", 112);
} catch(Exception $e) {
throw new MyCustomException("Something happened", 911, $e);
}
}
try {
doStuff();
} catch(Exception $e) {
do {
printf("%s:%d %s (%d) [%s]\n", $e->getFile(), $e->getLine(), $e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), get_class($e));
} while($e = $e->getPrevious());
}
?>The above example will output something similar to:
/home/bjori/ex.php:8 Something happened (911) [MyCustomException] /home/bjori/ex.php:6 You are doing it wrong! (112) [InvalidArgumentException]
/**
* Gets sequential array of all previously-chained errors
*
* @param Throwable $error
*
* @return Throwable[]
*/
function getChain(Throwable $error) : array
{
$chain = [];
do {
$chain[] = $error;
} while ($error = $error->getPrevious());
return $chain;
}