abort() function does not log exceptions in laravel.log

[akshit-arora]

Hi all,

I am not able to see the logs if I use abort() function. The application logs the exceptions if I throw any exception but not when using abort() function

Can someone please help me or share any references which mentions that abort won't log the error in laravel.log.

Thanks in advance!

[antimech]

abort() throws HttpResponseException which is on the $internalDontReport list in the Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler::class.

[antimech]

This way you will get a whole bunch of unneeded errors into your logs, like 404. My guess is that you looking for creating your own exception:

php artisan make:exception InvalidOrderException

[akshit-arora]

Hmm.. makes sense. I was using that when fetching information from service classes in all my controllers.

try {
    $response = $this->myServiceClass->someFunctionThatCrashes();
} catch (Exception $exception) {
    abort(Response::HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, $exception->getMessage());
}

But now what's happening is that I can't figure out why the application crashed as there are no log entries for that. I got the workaround on Twitter by @davidbirkin for this to use report($exception) function before abort() to get that error logged. But was looking if I can have any alternative for this.

[antimech]

try {
    throw new InvalidOrderException();
} catch (InvalidOrderException $e) {
    report($e);
}

echo('It did not stop but logged the error.');

[antimech]

Just in case you ever need to stop ignoring some exception. Put it in your exception handler (App\Exceptions\Handler):

use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
 
/**
 * Register the exception handling callbacks for the application.
 */
public function register(): void
{
    $this->stopIgnoring(HttpException::class);
 
    // ...
}

How else can I help you?

[davidbirkin]

@antimech Thanks for this additional information, helps me too! :)