phpapachecakephpxamppcakephp-3.2

Fatal error because an Error instance is being passed instead of an expected Exception instance

I just installed xampp with php 7.0.4 and a fresh cakephp 3.2.6. I did a lot of research and everything I found shows that they are compatible.

However as soon as I go to open the application with a browser, cake replies with an Internal Error.

The only pointer as to what to do is that xampp logs the following in apache error.log:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to Cake\Error\BaseErrorHandler::handleException() must be an instance of Exception, instance of Error given in D:\Xampp\htdocs\cakephp\vendor\cakephp\cakephp\src\Error\BaseErrorHandler.php:153
Stack trace:
#0 [internal function]: Cake\Error\BaseErrorHandler->handleException(Object(Error))
#1 {main} thrown in D:\Xampp\htdocs\cakephp\vendor\cakephp\cakephp\src\Error\BaseErrorHandler.php on line 153

I tried php 5.6 but it still shows the error in the log.

Solution

  • If that's the error that you are encountering, then I'd doubt that you are using CakePHP 3.2.6, as line 153 is in the middle of a comment

    https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/3.2.6/src/Error/BaseErrorHandler.php#L153

    PHP7 errors are handled since CakePHP 3.1.5, so check your CakePHP dependency, and make sure it's actually up to date.