PDOException not being caught?
exception, pdo, php, try-catch
Solution
The only thing I can think of is if you're inside a namespaced class, and should use `\PDOException` instead of `PDOException`.
Problem
I'm getting the following error in PHP: ``` Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2003] Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)' in C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php:26 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php(26): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'root', '', Array) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php(54): Service\Database::initialize() #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\index.php(15): Service\Database::getHandler() #3 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php on line 26 ``` The error itself is not the problem, I intentionally terminated the MySQL service in Windows to see what happened (I'm using XAMPP). The problem is that I'm unable to catch the exception that the PDO object throws and I don't know why. ``` try { $host = "localhost"; $dbname = "project"; $userName = "root"; $password = ""; $charset = "utf8"; $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname;charset=$charset"; $driverOptions = array( PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES $charset" ); // This is the line that supposedly throws the exception (LINE 26): $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $userName, $password, $driverOptions); $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); self::setHandler($dbh); } catch (PDOException $e) { die("CATCHED"); // This line is never reached } catch (Exception $e) { die("CATCHED"); // nor this one. } ``` What am I missing here?