Why isn't my Exception being caught by catch?

Question

I have some code that looks like this

# Try to import file
try
{
    DataManager::fileImport($_FILES[\'datafile\'][\'tmp_name\'], 
                                   


        

Answer 1

4 years later...

@Hubro, thank you for saving me with that namespace fix!

It does seem counterintuitive at first that it's necessary when throwing a root-level Exception, even though it ultimately makes sense in the general context of namespaces.

For anyone who doesn't want to utilize @Hubro's file-level fix:

use \Exception;

You could instead add the backslash in front of Exception in the higher level catch block:

} catch (\Exception $e) {

We could all benefit from someone smarter than me providing suggestions on best practices around defining a custom Exception for each namespace. Any takers?