Best way to handle errors on a php page?

Question

Right now my pages look something like this:

if($_GET[\'something\'] == \'somevalue\')
{
    $output .= \'somecode\';

    // make a DB query, fetch a row
           


        

Answer 1

This is much more elegant and readable.

try
{

    if($_GET['something'] != 'somevalue') 
    {
        throw new Exception ('something is not a valid value');
    }


    $output .= 'somecode';

    // make a DB query, fetch a row
    //...
    $row = $stmt->Fetch(PDO::ASSOC);

    if($row == null)
    {
        throw new Exception ('the row does not exist.');
    }


    $output .= 'morecode';


    if(somethingIsOK())
    {
        $output .= 'yet more page output';
    }
    else
    {
        throw new Exception ('something is most definitely not OK.');
    }


    echo $output;

}
catch (Exception $e)
{
    echo $e->getMessage();
}