PHP “Exception not found”

Question

I have a somehow funny issue. While trying to understand why a certain website returns http code 500 to browser, I found the message

PHP Fatal error:  Class \'MZ         


        

Answer 1

Extending @hakre answer you can simplify its usage with:

use \Exception as Exception;

That way you can throw exceptions without remembering the backslash like:

throw new Exception('This bundle needs the cURL PHP extension.');