Laravel Exception Handling Best Practices

Handle exceptions properly:

Custom Exception

class PaymentFailedException extends Exception
{
    public function render($request)
    {
        return response()->json([
            'error' => 'Payment failed'
        ], 422);
    }
}

Report Exception

public function report()
{
    Log::error('Payment failed', ['user' => auth()->id()]);
}

In Handler

public function register()
{
    $this->reportable(function (PaymentFailedException $e) {
        // Custom reporting
    });
}

Don't Report

protected $dontReport = [
    ValidationException::class,
];