How to catch an exception from another class method PHP

Question

I'm having trouble catching an exception in PHP

Here's my code.

try {
require $this->get_file_name($action);
}

catch (Exception $e) {
//do something//
}

and the method being called

private function get_file_name($action) {

    $file = '../private/actions/actions_'.$this->group.'.php';

    if (file_exists($file) === false) {
    throw new Exception('The file for this '.$action.' was not found.');
    }

    else {
    return $file;
    }
}

Resulting in:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message $action was not found.'
Exception: The file for this $action was not found.

However If I put a try-catch block inside of the function and call the function, I'm able to catch the exception no problem.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

If you are catching the Exception inside a namespace, make sure that you fall back to the global namespace:

...
}(catch \Exception $e) {
  ...
}...

You can also have a look at the following resources:

• Why isn't my Exception being caught by catch?
• http://php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php, top note by user zmunoz

Answer 2

I can't see all of the class body but If You want to use method out of the class it should be Public not Private.