Jan 19, 2015 | laravel 5, laravel

Bringing Whoops Back to Laravel 5

This is a series of posts on New Features in Laravel 5.0.

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You might be missing the "prettier" Whoops error handler from Laravel 4. If so, here's how to bring it back.

Update: If you're using Laravel 5.2, check out this Laracasts thread on Whoops in Laravel 5.2. I'll update this post soon with updated info, but for now just take a look there.

First, composer require filp/whoops:~1.0.

Then open app/Exceptions/Handler.php, and in the render() method, add a Whoops handler in the else condition. Maybe something like this:

    /**
     * Render an exception into an HTTP response.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Exception  $e
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function render($request, Exception $e)
    {
        if ($this->isHttpException($e))
        {
            return $this->renderHttpException($e);
        }


        if (config('app.debug'))
        {
            return $this->renderExceptionWithWhoops($e);
        }

        return parent::render($request, $e);
    }

    /**
     * Render an exception using Whoops.
     * 
     * @param  \Exception $e
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    protected function renderExceptionWithWhoops(Exception $e)
    {
        $whoops = new \Whoops\Run;
        $whoops->pushHandler(new \Whoops\Handler\PrettyPageHandler());

        return new \Illuminate\Http\Response(
            $whoops->handleException($e),
            $e->getStatusCode(),
            $e->getHeaders()
        );
    }

That's it!

Thanks to this thread on the Laracasts forum for getting me moving in the right direction.

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Tags: laravel 5 • laravel

This is part of a series of posts on New Features in Laravel 5.0:

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Laravel 5.0 - Form Requests

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Laravel 5.0 - Route Annotations (removed)

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Laravel 5.0 - Middleware (Filter-style)

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Laravel 5.0 - Environment Detection & Environment Variables

Oct 16, 2014 | laravel, 5.0, laravel 5
Laravel 5.0 - Event Scheduling

Nov 20, 2014 | laravel, 5.0, laravel 5
Laravel 5.0 - Commands & Handlers

Jan 2, 2015 | laravel, 5.0, commands, laravel 5
Upgrading from Laravel 4 to Laravel 5

Jan 16, 2015 | laravel, laravel 5
Bringing Whoops Back to Laravel 5

Jan 19, 2015 | laravel 5, laravel
Laravel 5.0 - Events & Handlers

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Laravel 5.0 - Generating Missing Events

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Laravel 5.0 - Eloquent Attribute Casting

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