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ErrorException::getSeverity

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ErrorException::getSeverity — Gets the exception severity

Description

final public function ErrorException::getSeverity(): int

Returns the severity of the exception.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the severity level of the exception.

Examples

Example #1 ErrorException::getSeverity() example

<?php
try {
    throw new ErrorException("Exception message", 0, E_USER_ERROR);
} catch(ErrorException $e) {
    echo "This exception severity is: " . $e->getSeverity();
    var_dump($e->getSeverity() === E_USER_ERROR);
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

This exception severity is: 256
bool(true)


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