Laravel 4 handling 404 errors - laravel

Question

I am new to Laravel and I'm trying to catch any requests that do not match existing routes. Currently I am getting a ...
Symfony \ Component \ HttpKernel \ Exception \ NotFoundHttpException
I have created an App::missing() handler in the app/start/global.php as described on the documentation page but that doesn't help. I also tried creating an App::error(function(NotFoundHttpException $exception, $code) handler, but that didn't help either.
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You need this: In 'app/start/global.php' add:
App::missing(function($exception)
{
return Response::view('errorView', array(), 404);
});
And of course in views create (in this case) errorView.blade.php
EDIT: This method handle all "404 Not Found" errors.

Answer 2

That's likely due to debugging being turned on in the app/config/app.php file. Try turning that value to false and see if your custom handler than 'handles" it.
Additionally, your error handler needs to return a Response in order to "short-circuit" the request and actually respond with the result of your error handler - Are you returning a value / Response class from your App::error() handler? (Please show us that code).
Here's an article on Laravel 4 Error Handling without outlines the process of how Laravel uses App::missing() and App::error() handlers when errors occur.
Pay specific attention to the "meat of the Handler class" section - it outlines how you need to return a value of some sort from the handler in order for it not to pass the Exception to the next handler (Likely your Whoops error output that displays when debug is set to true in app/config/app.php).

Answer 3

Here is how to throw a 404 error when a ModelNotFoundException occurs
App::error(function(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException $exception, $code)
{
return Response::view('errors.404', array(), 404);
});

Answer 4

in
app -> config -> app.php
if you make
'debug' => true,
to this
'debug' => false,
You will get an user experience environment which is other than the debugging mode. Please make sure you have checked it.
Thanks :)

Answer 5

I was able to make it works using the following code. I let 'debug' => true, in my local configuration.
In app/start/global.php
App::error(function(Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException $exception)
{
Log::error($exception);
$response = Response::make(View::make('response')
->with('data', null)
->with('meta', 'Error, incorrect path')
->with('pagination', null));
$response->setStatusCode(404);
$response->header('content-type', 'application/json', true);
return $response;
});
If of any interest, the content of my view is
<?php
echo json_encode(array(
'data' => $data,
'pagination' => $pagination,
'meta' => $meta), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
?>
The main challenge was to use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException as the type of the Exception and not only NotFoundHttpException.
By using NotFoundHttpException, a 500 error was thrown.