Try Catch cannot work with require_once in PHP?

Question

I can't do something like this ?

try {
    require_once( '/includes/functions.php' );      
}
catch(Exception $e) {    
    echo "Message : " . $e->getMessage();
    echo "Code : " . $e->getCode();
}

No error is echoed, server returns 500.

Answer 1

You can do it with include_once or file_exists:

try {
    if (! @include_once( '/includes/functions.php' )) // @ - to suppress warnings, 
    // you can also use error_reporting function for the same purpose which may be a better option
        throw new Exception ('functions.php does not exist');
    // or 
    if (!file_exists('/includes/functions.php' ))
        throw new Exception ('functions.php does not exist');
    else
        require_once('/includes/functions.php' ); 
}
catch(Exception $e) {    
    echo "Message : " . $e->getMessage();
    echo "Code : " . $e->getCode();
}