PDO Can't catch exception which is thrown

Question

Ok so I can't catch the exeption:

require_once 'config/config.php';
try {
    $dbh = new PDO('mysql:host='.DB_HOST.';dbname='.DB_DATABASE, DB_USER, DB_PASS,array(
        PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true,
        PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION
    ));
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    print "Unable to connect!: " . $e->getMessage() . BR;
    die();
}

try {
    $stmt = $dbh->prepare("SELECT id,email FROM no_table ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 5");
    $stmt->execute();
    $stmt->bindColumn(1, $id, PDO::PARAM_INT);
    $stmt->bindColumn('email', $email, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    while ($row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND)) {
        echo $id . "\t" . $email . BR;
    }
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo "Failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}

Ok I connect I have an error in the syntax (there isn't any no_table) it throws the exception but i can't catch it. In browser I see this:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[42S02]:
Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'no_table' doesn't exist' in 'somepath'
PDOStatement->execute() #1 {main} thrown in some.php on line 15

The exception is thrown and i can't catch it, but if I put another try catch between $stmt->execute(); it catches it.

My php version 5.3.14

Answer 1

Have you been using namespaced classes in this project maybe? If so, please try to use

\PDOException

instead of

PDOException

in your "catch" statement. I just got similar problem and this move helped.