PHP "Exception not found"
exception, php
Solution
The MZMailChimpBundle does not contain a class named `Exception` within the `MZ\MailChimpBundle\Services` namespace.
Because of that simple fact and as the error message that the exception should signal is related to an integration problem (check for the curl library) I assume that this is a bug.
The original has meant `\Exception` and not `Exception` here. It's a somewhat common mistake that can happen with namespaces. To fix the file, either alias/import `\Exception` as `Exception`:
namespace MZ\MailChimpBundle\Services;
use Exception;
and/or change the `new` line in `MZMailChimpBundle/Services/MailChimp.php`:
throw new \Exception('This bundle needs the cURL PHP extension.');
See as well the related question: How to use “root” namespace of php? and the one with the same Class 'Namespace\Example' not found error message: Calling a static method from a class in another namespace in PHP.
Problem
I have a somehow funny issue. While trying to understand why a certain website returns http code 500 to browser, I found the message ``` PHP Fatal error: Class 'MZ\\MailChimpBundle\\Services\\Exception' not found in /var/www/website/vendor/bundles/MZ/MailChimpBundle/Services/MailChimp.php on line 41 ``` in apache log. Looking at the mentioned line: ``` throw new Exception('This bundle needs the cURL PHP extension.'); ``` I now understand how to get the site working, but I still wonder why the code for throwing the exception (which would have resulted in a more helpful log message) failed. What could be the reason?