Difference between (Exception $e) and (\Exception $e) in try{}catch(){}

laravel, php

Solution

Using `\` in front of class name, it mean you call the `class` from global space. If you don't use `\`, it will call the class in same namespace with your code. But if you don't use `namespace` in your code, it will call class from global space.

Example:

<?php
namespace Module\Example;

class Test
{
    try{

    } catch(Exception $e) { // will look up Module\Example\Exception

    }

    try{

    } catch(\Exception $e) { // will look up Exception from global space

    }
}

You can check this documentation for more detail. http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.global.php

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