How to catch exception in parent control of class with findOrFail? - laravel

Question

In Laravel 9 I make Repository class and in one of its methods I have with 2 findOrFail calling
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
class ArticleToManyVotesRepository
...
public function store(int $id, int $manyItemId, array $data): JsonResponse|MessageBag
{
$article = Article::findOrFail($id);
$vote = Vote::findOrFail($manyItemId);
if ($article->votes()->where('vote_id', $manyItemId)->exists()) {
throw new CustomManyToManyItemException('Article "' . $id . '" with vote ' . $manyItemId . ' already exists');
}
DB::beginTransaction();
try {
$article->votes()->attach($manyItemId, $data);
DB::Commit();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
\Log::info(varDump($e->getMessage(), ' -1 STORE $e->getMessage()::'));
DB::rollback();
return sendErrorResponse($e->getMessage(), 500);
}
return response()->json(['result' => true], 201); // 201
}
In the parent controller I have try block with checks for ModelNotFoundException:
public function articleManyVotesStore(Request $request, int $articleId, int $voteId)
{
try {
$data = $request->only('article_id', 'active', 'expired_at', 'supervisor_id', 'supervisor_notes');
return $repository->store(id: $articleId, manyItemId: $voteId,
data: $data);
} catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) {
return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 404);
}
} catch (CustomManyToManyItemException $e) {
return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
}
}
But as in store method there are 2 calling of "findOrFail" in which way can I catch a valid Exception of findOrFail ?
Seems findOrFail has no any parameters ?
Thanks!

Answer 1

one way is to compare exception model namespace like below
try {
$data = $request->only('article_id', 'active', 'expired_at', 'supervisor_id', 'supervisor_notes');
return $repository->store(id: $articleId, manyItemId: $voteId,
data: $data);
} catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) {
if($e->getModel() === Article::class){
//add your logic here
}elseif($e->getModel() === Vote::class){
//add your logic here
}
return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 404);
}