They are completely different in funtionality. if/else determines which blocks of code to execute according to specific conditions, while a try/catch monitors to see if an error occurred and to exit out of the current execution block.
On Apr 22, 9:51 am, cricket <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:06 AM, brandon buster <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Not sure if this is a dumb question or not, but it seems to me these > > two techniques could be used interchangeably to test for and handle > > errors. > > > Are there any benefits of using one over the other, or scenarios in > > which one should be used over the other? > > They're not interchangeable. You can't catch an error in an else block. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
