Instances of classes that do not derive from the "Throwable" interface cannot be used in a PHP "throw" statement. Thus, it does not make sense to
try to catch such objects within a "try-catch" block.
Many built-in exceptions such as "Exception" and the SPL exception classes do implement the "Throwable" interface and can be extended when creating
custom exceptions.
This rule raises an issue when the classes used to specify the type of objects to be caught in a "try-catch" block do not derive from "Throwable"
.
Noncompliant code example
class NoThrowable {}
try {
foo();
} catch (NoThrowable $e) { // Noncompliant
}
Compliant solution
<?php
class SomeThrowable implements Throwable {
// Implementation of the Throwable methods
}
try {
foo();
} catch (SomeThrowable $e) { // Compliant
}
class SomeCustomException extends Exception {}
try {
foo();
} catch (SomeCustomException $e) { // Compliant
}{code}
