Exception::getFile

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Exception::getFile — Gets the file in which the exception was created

Description

final public Exception::getFile(): string

Get the name of the file in which the exception was created.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the filename in which the exception was created.

Examples

Example #1 Exception::getFile() example

<?php
try {
    throw new Exception;
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getFile();
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

/home/bjori/tmp/ex.php

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Jan ¶

5 years ago

If you're looking to extract only the "ex.php" part of the full "/home/bjori/tmp/ex.php", then use:

<?php
    echo basename($e->getFile())
?>

or better yet, esp. if your paths possibly contain non-ASCII characters:

<?php
    echo pathinfo($e->getFile())['basename']
?>