error handling in php, die vs exceptions

Question

For example, my usage would be:

$check = 'no';

if($check == 'yes') {
   //do stuff
} else {
      die('Error found');
}

Many developer's what i seen use:

if($check == 'yes') {
      //do stuff
   } else {
      throw new Exception('Error found.');
   }

1. Which one method is 'better' ?
2. Any benefit's throwing an exception instead of stoping executing script ?

Answer 1

I would like to save everyone some trouble and refer you to this stack here: PHP Error handling: die() Vs trigger_error() Vs throw Exception Very detailed explanation of their uses, I believe it couldn't be said any better.

Answer 2

Which one method is 'better' ?

This depends on your needs. It can't be said which one is better (and there are other ways of error handling as well you should put into consideration when you actually want to discuss error handling which this site is probably not the right place for).

Any benefit's throwing an exception instead of stoping executing script ?

An exception can be caught, a die can't be caught. If you want to test your code for example, dies are often a show-stopper.

Next to that an exception can carry more information and carry it more precisely. The message for example is more accessible with an exception than it is with a die. An exception keeps the file and line where it was thrown. For debugging there are stack traces and so on.