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deekepMaks's avatar

Symfony Exception

Every time I get a Symfony Exception error instead of the errors that Laravel itself displays

The error looks like this:

FailedToInitializePatternSearchException > ViewException > ViewException > ViewException > ViewException > ViewException > ViewException
HTTP 500 Internal Server Error

And the error message:

Illuminate\View\ViewException:
 (View: /Users/.../vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/resources/exceptions/renderer/components/syntax-highlight.blade.php) (View: /Users/maksimsein/Documents/myProjects/letters-ge/letters-ge-api/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/resources/exceptions/renderer/components/syntax-highlight.blade.php) (View: /Users/maksimsein/Documents/myProjects/letters-ge/letters-ge-api/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/resources/exceptions/renderer/components/syntax-highlight.blade.php) (View: /Users/maksimsein/Documents/myProjects/letters-ge/letters-ge-api/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/resources/exceptions/renderer/components/syntax-highlight.blade.php) (View: /Users/maksimsein/Documents/myProjects/letters-ge/letters-ge-api/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/resources/exceptions/renderer/components/syntax-highlight.blade.php)

  at /Users/.../vendor/phiki/phiki/src/TextMate/PatternSearcher.php:41
  at Illuminate\View\Engines\CompilerEngine->handleViewException(object(ViewException), 1)
     (/Users/.../vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/PhpEngine.php:59)
  at Illuminate\View\Engines\PhpEngine->evaluatePath('/Users/.../storage/framework/views/0fdceac238c6af0ff02ab3603217985e.php', array('__env' => object(Factory), 'app' => object(Application), 'errors' => object(ViewErrorBag), 'exception' => object(Exception), 'exceptionAsMarkdown' => '# Error - Internal Server ErrorPHP 8.3.23Laravel 12.30.1127.0.0.1:8000##

I didn't do any updates, didn't download any additional packages, the error just suddenly started displaying in this format

For example, I simply made a call to throw new \Error(); in the controller and instead of the expected error description from Laravel, I got the error description from Symfony.

I also tried running php artisan *:clear commands, I also cleared the cache in the bootstrap and framework/views folders, but it didn't work.

How to solve the problem?

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deekepMaks's avatar

Why should I use error reporting and customization if Laravel's basic debug messages aren't working and that's the only problem? :)

jlrdw's avatar

I tested throwing an error and it worked.

        $value = -1;
        if ($value < 0) {
            throw new \Error('Error thrown.');
        }

Are your dependencies correct for php and the laravel version you are using?

deekepMaks's avatar

I just used the basic laravel installation

jlrdw's avatar

Show the whole controller method.

deekepMaks's avatar

There is nothing unusual about it.

Route::get('***', ***Controller::class);

And inside the controller, I immediately raise an error (this is done specifically to show that Laravel cannot correctly display such a simple error)

class ***Controller extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle the incoming request.
     */
    public function __invoke(Request $request): JsonResponse
    {
        throw new \Error();
    }
}
JussiMannisto's avatar

They're not trying to debug their code or render custom responses. Their issue is that Laravel's debug page isn't rendering correctly when there's an exception.

jlrdw's avatar

I suggest if using the php built in server, try apache or nginx instead.

Edit:

What shows in the network tab, response?

jlrdw's avatar

I did another test, it is using apache:

Route:

Route::get('tc', TestController::class);

Controller:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function __invoke(): JsonResponse

    {

        throw new \Error('yes error here');

    }
}

The laravel error page showed with no problems.

Latest laravel, PHP 8.4.

But in production you don't want this, you need to have friendly error pages or if ajax a div showing the error and a redirect to somewhere link.

JussiMannisto's avatar

Does the HTML response body contain any output before the <!doctype>? Do all the response headers look ok, e.g. is Content-Type text/html?

jlrdw's avatar

Also wondering what IDE you use. That '***' isn't correct. Unless I am missing something new in laravel.

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