<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Construct the exception</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.exception.html">Exception</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="exception.getmessage.html">Exception::getMessage</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.exception.html">Exception</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="exception.construct" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">Exception::__construct</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Exception::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Construct the exception</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-exception.construct-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="constructorsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>Exception::__construct()</strong></span> ([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$message</code><span class="initializer"> = ""</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$code</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.exception.html" class="type Exception">Exception</a></span> <code class="parameter">$previous</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span> ]]] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Constructs the Exception. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-exception.construct-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">message</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The Exception message to throw. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">code</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The Exception code. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">previous</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The previous exception used for the exception chaining. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-exception.construct-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>5.3.0</td> <td> The <em><code class="parameter">previous</code></em> parameter was added. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-exception.construct-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> The <em><code class="parameter">message</code></em> is <em class="emphasis">NOT</em> binary safe. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="class.exception.html">Exception</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="exception.getmessage.html">Exception::getMessage</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.exception.html">Exception</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>