On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 at 21:13, Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > >> […] just that it's the only time I've seen $code used in the wild... > >> > > > > PDO (for better or worse) also uses the `$code` for the error code > > returned by the database. Unfortunately it also widens the (untyped) > > $code from int to string|int, which causes some issues, since folks only > > expect int, since Exception::__construct() types the `$code` parameter > > as `int`. > > > > Best regards > > Tim Düsterhus > > In my experience, worse. But that's another topic.
PDO is a bad example because the code is pretty much useless. You need to get the actual code from `errorInfo[1]` if you want to know the reason.
