How to catch errors and best practices? - laravel

Question

I'm performing various tasks on an eloquent model.
e.g.
Flight Repository
function store($request){
$flight = new Flight;
$flight->name = $request->name;
$flight->save();
}
This method is called from a controller:
public function store(FlightRepository $flight, $request){
$flight->store($request);
}
How should one approach potential errors? try/catch? Where should it be placed in the controller or repository? What would I catch anyway, what exception type?

Answer 1

According to Laravel 5.0 and above,
All the Exceptions thrown in any part of the Laravel App, the exceptions are catched inside the report() method of Exception/Handler.php file, like this:
UPDATED
Your Repo should throw an Exception like this:
class CustomRepository extends Repository
{
public function repoMethod($id)
{
$model = Model::find($id);
// Throw your custom exception here ...
if(!$model) {
throw new CustomException("My Custom Message");
}
}
}
And your Handler should handle the CustomException like this:
/**
* Report or log an exception.
*
* This is a great spot to send exceptions to Sentry, Bugsnag, etc.
*
* #param \Exception $exception
* #return void
*/
public function report(Exception $exception)
{
// Handle your exceptions here...
if($exception instanceof CustomException)
return view('your_desired_view')->with('message' => $exception->getMessage());
parent::report($exception);
}
Hope this helps!