PHP, How to catch a division by zero?
On PHP7 you can use DivisionByZeroError
try {
echo 1/0;
} catch(DivisionByZeroError $e){
echo "got $e";
} catch(ErrorException $e) {
echo "got $e";
}
You just need to set an error handler to throw an exception in case of errors:
set_error_handler(function () {
throw new Exception('Ach!');
});
try {
$result = 4 / 0;
} catch( Exception $e ){
echo "Divide by zero, I don't fear you!".PHP_EOL;
$result = 0;
}
restore_error_handler();
Here's another solution:
<?php
function e($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) {
print "caught!\n";
}
set_error_handler('e');
eval('echo 1/0;');
See set_error_handler()
if ($baz == 0.0) {
echo 'Divisor is 0';
} else {
...
}
Rather than use eval, which is highly dangerous if you're using user-input within the evalled expression, why not use a proper parser such as evalmath on PHPClasses, and which raises a clean exception on divide by zero