The app is built on the MVC pattern, so my controllers are separate from my models.
I am using two payment gateways, Stripe and PayPal and have moved the API code into a model called Payment_Model.php.
Both functions have huge try/catch blocks that throw all manner of errors when a payment fails which is a good thing for me, not so for a customer...
Here is a try catch block example
try {
Stripe::setApiKey($this->config->item('stripe_secret_key'));
$customer = Customer::create([
'email' => 'customer@example.com',
'source' => $this->input->post('stripe_token'),
]);
$charge = Charge::create([
'customer' => $customer->id,
'amount' => $option->price,
'currency' => 'eur',
"description" => "Demo Transaction", // @TODO
]);
} catch (Exception $e) {
} catch (Stripe_CardError $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
} catch (Stripe_InvalidRequestError $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
} catch (Stripe_AuthenticationError $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
} catch (Stripe_ApiConnectionError $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
} catch (Stripe_Error $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
} catch (Exception $e) {
throw new Exception($e);
}
I don't want to display these errors or exceptions in my production environment... instead I would like to replace throw new Exception($e) with false so that I can call the model function in my controller and if something goes wrong I can redirect the user to a decent error page...
So my question is this:
Can I return a boolean IF something bad is caught so that I can either redirect to a success page or an error page in my controller? Or am I missing the point of using exceptions?