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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Laravel and Databases Eloquent ORM

bruce zhang
bruce zhang
1,317 Points
Posted by bruce zhang
bruce zhang
1,317 Points

how to Try Cache exceptions for orm query?

Hi, I try to catch exception for example if I put id = 5 (not in my database) then laravel redirect me to the error page, I tried use try catch, but it still redirect me there

    try{

        $list = \TodoList::find($id);

    }catch(\Exception $e) {

        dd("something not right");

    };

    return View::make('todos.show')
    ->withList($list);

would you help please? thanks

1 Answer

Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points
Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points

Bruce,

What is the error you are getting?

With find(), you have to check if the result is null. It won't return an error if the id is not found. You may want to use findOrFail() which throws a ModelNotFound exception with the id is not found.