How do I catch a query exception in laravel to see if it fails?

Question

All I\'m trying to do is verify a query.

\'SELECT * from table_that_does_not_exist\'

Without that erroring out, I\'d like to know it failed

Answer 1

If you want to catch all types of database exceptions you can catch it on laravel Exception Handler

if ($exception instanceof \PDOException) {
    # render a custom error
}

for more details about how to use laravel Exception Handler check https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/errors