Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Optional Catch Block Body

[Dmitry Derepko]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM Rob Landers <rob@bottled.codes> wrote:


> my empty catches have lengthy comments describing why they are empty in
> case a user steps into it, so they can better understand how the framework
> works.
>
> — Rob
>

Agree. I prefer to describe why I've wrote it:
try {  ... } catch (...) {
  /**
   * We don't care If it's broken, because we should go further.
   */
}

A few cases from my side:

$decoded = [];
try {
  $decoded = json_decode($unknownData, asArray: true);
} catch (JsonException);

Almost the same as

try {
  $decoded = json_decode($unknownData, asArray: true);
} catch (JsonException) {
  $decoded = [];
}

try {
  doSmth()
} catch (RaceConditionException $e) {
  // ok, skip 'cause another worker did the same
}


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Best regards,
Dmitrii Derepko.
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