Tell about error handling and exceptions: try, catch, finally and throw

In PHP, error handling and exceptions are utilized for elegant and secure management of unforeseen situations during program execution. The fundamental components of error handling include the `try`, `catch`, `finally` constructs, and the throw keyword.

try-catch block:

`try` - a block of code where the code that may throw an exception is placed.

`catch` - a block of code that is executed if an exception occurs in the try block. It takes one argument, an exception object.

                        
try {
    // Code that may throw an exception
    throw new Exception("This is an example exception");
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handling the exception
    echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage();
}

finally block:

`finally` - a block of code that is executed regardless of whether an exception occurred or not. It always runs after `try` and `catch`.

                        
try {
    // Code that may throw an exception
    throw new Exception("This is an example exception");
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handling the exception
    echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage();
} finally {
    // This code will always execute
    echo "This code will always execute";
}

throw statement:

`throw` - a statement used to throw exceptions. It is used in try blocks to create an exception object and pass it to the exception handler.

                        
try {
    // Code that may throw an exception
    throw new Exception("This is an example exception");
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handling the exception
    echo "Exception: " . $e->getMessage();
}

Using these constructs efficiently manages exceptions and provides a higher level of security in PHP programs. Code placed in finally blocks is executed even when the catch block is executed, and even if there are no exceptions.

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