How to catch custom error raised in method of object? - laravel

Question

On laravel 9 site in my custom class method raise custom error with error message
<?php
class CustomClass
{
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
use Illuminate\Http\Exceptions\HttpResponseException;
...
public function method(): array
{
if(false) {
throw new HttpResponseException(response()->json([
'message' => $validated['message'],
], 422));
}
but I failed to catch this error in control where methods raised :
{
try {
$imageUploadSuccess = $customClass->method(
...
); // This method can raise different types of exception
}
catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) { // exception with invalid id is catched - THIS PART WORKS OK
return response()->json([
'message' => 'Item not found',
], 404);
}
catch (HttpResponseException $e) { // I catch HttpResponseException with is generated in method
// None of these 2 methods returns custom error message in method :
\Log::info($e->getMessage()); // empty value - I NEED TO GET THIS MESSAGE TEXT
\Log::info($e->getCode()); // 0 value
\Log::info($e->getTraceAsString());
return response()->json([
'message' => $e->getMessage(),
], 422);
}
return response()->json(['success' => true], 400);
Have I to use other class, not HttpResponseException ? I which way ?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You’re not throwing your custom exception so it’s never raised so it won’t be catchable.
Replace where you throw the HttpResponseException with your Exception.
<?php
class CustomClass
{
public function method()
{
$isValid = false;
if(!$isValid) {
throw new SomeCustomException(response()->json([
'message' => $validated['message'],
], 422));
}
}
}
You would then use do something like:
$customClass = new CustomClass();
$customClass->method();
Note how I have defined a variable $isValid and how I check it for a true or false value in the if statement. This is because if checks for truthy values and false will never be `true so your custom exception would never be thrown.
if (false) {
// code in here will never execute
}