How to return status code in controller about powerdns-php

[trizz]

Hi Matt,

There is currently no way to access request data. However, when something goes wrong, a ValidationException is returned when the validation fails. If something went wrong that is not a validation error, a more generic PowerdnsException will be thrown. You are correct that you are getting an exception which can be caught.

So, to answer your question you can catch one, or both, exceptions in your controller:

public function myFancyControllerFuntion() {
    try {
        $powerdns->createZone($domain, $nameServers)->create($dnsRecords);
    } catch (\Exonet\Powerdns\Exceptions\ValidationException $validationException) {
        // The PowerDNS validation error is set as message on the exception:
        return myViewRender('dns-validation-error', ['error-message' => $validationException->getMessage()]);
    } catch (\Exonet\Powerdns\Exceptions\PowerdnsException $powerDnsException) {
        // The PowerDNS validation error is set as message on the exception:
        return myViewRender('dns-error', ['error-message' => $powerDnsException->getMessage()]);
    }

    return myViewRender('dns-success', 'DNS Zone was created!');
}

Or, if you just want a single catch block:

public function myFancyControllerFuntion() {
    try {
        $powerdns->createZone($domain, $nameServers)->create($dnsRecords);
    } catch (\Exonet\Powerdns\Exceptions\PowerdnsException $powerDnsException) {
        // The ValidationException extends the PowerdnsException, so cachting the PowerdnsException will handle both exceptions.
        return myViewRender('dns-error', ['error-message' => $powerDnsException->getMessage()]);
    }

    return myViewRender('dns-success', 'DNS Zone was created!');
}

In this example I've used a fake function myViewRender but you can of course add any logic you'd like, such as setting variables or other data.

[matt-smartlabs]

@trizz Thank you very much for your help!! That's amazing it's working how I wanted :)