php - try, catch, and retry

Question

Sometimes my code breaks and it is out of my control

How would I do the following?

try {
//do my stuff
}
catch {
//sleep and try again
}
         


        

Answer 1

Simply :

function doSomething($params, $try = 1){
    try{
        //do something
        return true;
    }
    catch(Exception $e){
        if($try <5){
             sleep(10);
             //optionnaly log or send notice mail with $e and $try
             doSomething($params, $try++);
        }
        else{ 
             return false;
        }
    }
}