In this new tutorial from the TutsPlus.com site they introduce you to the exception handling that comes along with the Laravel framework and how you can work with it in your own applications.

In this article, we're going to explore one of the most important and least discussed features of the Laravel web framework—exception handling. Laravel comes with a built-in exception handler that allows you to report and render exceptions easily and in a friendly manner.

In the first half of the article, we'll explore the default settings provided by the exception handler. In fact, we'll go through the default Handler class in the first place to understand how Laravel handles exceptions. In the second half of the article, we'll go ahead and see how you could create a custom exception handler that allows you to catch custom exceptions.

You'll need to have a Laravel instance set up already to follow along (instructions not provided here). The tutorial starts with a change to the base configuration for the "APP_DEBUG" and "APP_LOG" settings to enable/disable the error handling and output. Next comes a look at the base exception class for the framework - code included - and a closer look at its report and render methods. Finally it gets into the creation of a custom exception class including the code required to create it and where it should be located in the application for use.