Exception::getMessage

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Exception::getMessage — Gets the Exception message

final public function Exception::getMessage(): string

Returns the Exception message.

This function has no parameters.

Returns the Exception message as a string.

Example #1 Exception::getMessage() example

<?php
try {
    throw new Exception("Some error message");
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Some error message