Hi Ivan,
try
throw new Exception('foobar');
catch(Exception $e)
var_dump($e->getMessage());
If you use try/catch that much, that you begin to think about the
syntax, you have an architecture- or design-problem.
Not sure about that. First, it was an example. Second, it happens more often than you think. For example, if you're writing a dispatcher (i.e. redirect some data to some callables), you will want to catch exception as early as possible. This is not an architecture- or design-issue, this happens sometimes when you code.