Multiple catch blocks in PHP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to catch an exception.

PHP

<?php
try {
    // code that may throw an exception
} catch ([1] $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>

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AThrowable

BException

CError

DCatch

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'Catch' instead of an exception class.

Using 'Error' when catching exceptions.

The Exception class is used to catch exceptions in PHP.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to catch a specific exception type.

PHP

<?php
try {
    // code that may throw an exception
} catch ([1] $e) {
    echo 'Invalid argument: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

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AErrorException

BException

CRuntimeException

DInvalidArgumentException

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the generic Exception class instead of the specific one.

InvalidArgumentException is used to catch invalid argument errors specifically.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the catch block to catch multiple exceptions separately.

PHP

<?php
try {
    // code that may throw exceptions
} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
    echo 'Invalid argument: ' . $e->getMessage();
} catch ([1] $e) {
    echo 'Runtime error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

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ARuntimeException

BException

CError

DThrowable

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using the generic Exception class again.

Using Error which is not an exception.

The second catch block should catch RuntimeException to handle runtime errors separately.

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hard

Fill both blanks to catch multiple exceptions and handle them differently.

PHP

<?php
try {
    // code that may throw exceptions
} catch ([1] $e) {
    echo 'Argument error: ' . $e->getMessage();
} catch ([2] $e) {
    echo 'General error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

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AInvalidArgumentException

BRuntimeException

CException

DError

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Swapping the order of exceptions.

Using Error instead of Exception.

The first catch block handles InvalidArgumentException, the second handles the general Exception.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to catch multiple exceptions and print different messages.

PHP

<?php
try {
    // code that may throw exceptions
} catch ([1] $e) {
    echo 'Argument error: ' . $e->getMessage();
} catch ([2] $e) {
    echo 'Runtime error: ' . $e->getMessage();
} catch ([3] $e) {
    echo 'Other error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>

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AInvalidArgumentException

BRuntimeException

CException

DError

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Catching Exception before specific exceptions.

Using Error instead of Exception.

The code catches InvalidArgumentException, then RuntimeException, then any other Exception.