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diff --git a/src/PHP-5.3:Class_Exception_Not_Found.adoc b/src/PHP-5.3:Class_Exception_Not_Found.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97128fe --- /dev/null +++ b/src/PHP-5.3:Class_Exception_Not_Found.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +PHP-5.3:Class Exception Not Found +================================= +:author: Aaron Ball +:email: nullspoon@iohq.net + +== {doctitle} + +If in PHP 5.3 (likely just PHP 5) you define a namespace for your current class +and try to throw a new Exception, it will fail with the following error + +---- +Fatal error: Class 'your\current\class\namespace\Exception' not found in YourClass.php on line eleventy-billion.' +---- + +The problem is that when PHP fails to find a class in the current namespace +(other than root of course), it doesn't automagically search the root +namespace. The Exception object exists in the root namespace (unless you +created your own) so PHP won't find an it because it doesn't exist in your +class's defined namespace. + +The solution is to define the root namespace before your new Exception +object. + +---- +throw new \Exception('This will do nicely'); +---- + +Category:PHP + + +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: |