Error Handling #

In earlier versions, Leaf would always display default server error pages in case of errors like 404 and 500 errors, however, v2.5.0-beta introduced automatic displaying of error pages for both 404 and 500 errors. This simply means that by default, a pre-built error page will be shown in case of errors, however, you can also define your own error handlers.

Handling 404 #

Leaf's core router has specially prepared for 404 errors, and is bent on giving users full control over displaying this error.

For this reason, we've prepared the set404() method. You can use set404 to display your own custom 404 page.

app()->set404(function () {
  response()->page("./pages/404.html");
});

$app->set404(function () use($app) {
  $app->response()->page("./pages/404.html");
});

Handling 500 #

By default, Leaf has 2 pre-built 500 error pages, the first is a general error page used in development. If you've ever run into an error during development, you've probably come across a nice looking page that gives you information about your error, line numbers and all that stuff, however, there's another error page used in production. You can switch to this by simply configuring Leaf's debug to false.

app()->config(['debug' => false]);

$app = new Leaf\App(['debug' => false]);

You'll have an error page which doesn't give details on the error, however, if logs are enabled, all the errors are saved to a log file in the background.

If you still wish to use a custom handler, you can set one with setErrorHandler.

// use an error handler from a package
app()->setErrorHandler(['\Leaf\Exception\General', 'defaultError']);

// use a custom function
app()->setErrorHandler(function () {
  response()->page("./pages/500.html");
});

// use an error handler from a package
$app->setErrorHandler(['\Leaf\Exception\General', 'defaultError']);

// use a custom function
$app->setErrorHandler(function () use($app) {
  $app->response()->page("./pages/500.html");
});

Application Down #

Leaf is also able to dynamically handle placing your application in maintainance mode using leaf config.

app()->config("app.down", true);

$app->config("app.down", true);

Alternatively, you could also place your application in maintainance mode by setting the APP_DOWN environment variable to true. Since .env variables are given more priority than router config, the router config will be ignored as long as the env is set.

Custom Down Handler #

Leaf comes with a beautiful application down handler which you can use in production. However, it might not match your theme, or you might have a maintainance screen designed by someone which needs to match that design. Leaf gives you the flexibility to display a custom maintainance error page using the setDown method.

app()->setDown(function () {
  echo "Down for maintainance";
});

$app->setDown(function () {
  echo "Down for maintainance";
});