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Exception handling

Development

In development, when a non-hybrid response is returned from a hybrid request, it will be displayed in a simple modal.

In other words, Laravel's exception handling keeps working as expected, and the debugging experience is the same as usual.

Production

In production, it's necessary to extend the exception handler so it returns a valid hybrid response even when an exception has been thrown.

Usually, this consists of returning an error page component with the exception's details.

Hybridly makes this fairly simple by providing a HandlesHybridExceptions trait. When adding this trait to the exception handler, the renderHybridResponse method should be overriden to return the error page component.

php
namespace App\Exceptions;

use Hybridly\Concerns\HandlesHybridExceptions;
use Hybridly\Contracts\HybridResponse;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler as ExceptionHandler;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
    use HandlesHybridExceptions;

    protected $dontFlash = [
        'current_password',
        'password',
        'password_confirmation',
    ];

    /**
     * Returns a hybrid page that renders the exception.
     */
    protected function renderHybridResponse(Response $response, Request $request, \Throwable $e): HybridResponse
    {
        return hybridly('security.error', [
          'status' => $response->getStatusCode()
        ]);
    }
}

Session expiration (419)

By default, when a session expires, Laravel throws a TokenMismatchException that renders as an HTTP 419 code.

When using the HandlesHybridExceptions trait, the user will be redirected back to the previous page with a flash message.

This behavior is customizable through the onSessionExpired method:

php
/**
 * Returns a response when the session has expired.
 */
protected function onSessionExpired(Response $response, Request $request, \Throwable $e): mixed
{
    return redirect()->back()->with([
        'error' => 'Your session has expired. Please refresh the page.',
    ]);
}

CSRF protection

Though you don't have to set it up, CSRF protection is still enabled in hybrid applications. This is because Axios automatically reads the XSRF-TOKEN cookie emitted by Laravel and sends it back in every request.

Previewing exceptions locally

In a local environment, even when using HandlesHybridExceptions, Laravel's exception handler keeps behaving as usual.

To work on renderHybridResponse's implementation or simply preview the error page, you may override the $skipEnvironments property. By default, it's set to local and test, but you may change it to your needs:

php
class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
{
    use HandlesHybridExceptions;

    /**  
     * List of environments that should not handle Hybridly exceptions.
     */
    protected $skipEnvironments = ['test'];

    /**
     * Returns a hybrid page that renders the exception.
     */
    protected function renderHybridResponse(Response $response, Request $request, \Throwable $e): HybridResponse
    {
        return hybridly('security.error', [
          'status' => $response->getStatusCode()
        ]);
    }
}