Help! Uncaught exception... Why???

[thegoddessofelev]

My try-catch blocks aren't working, and I'm trying to figure out why. I've reduced my code to the bare bones:
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<?php

ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

try
{
if (1 == 1)
throw new Exception("Ick!");
}
catch(Exception $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
exit();
}

?>
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This code generates the following error message:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Ick!' in /home/goddess/public_html/except.php:9 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /home/goddess/public_html/except.php on line 9


What in the world? Am I using the concept of try/catch inappropriately, or is it a problem with my server? (Is getmessage() built into the PHP language, or do I need to include something to use it?) If it's a problem with my server, any ideas what it might be (so I can talk with the tech people?) As it is, the tech people have said they don't have any idea...

Thanks so much!

[miggl]

Please stay in the context of you original post (to reduce duplicate postings). Thanks.

=> I have responded there.

[thegoddessofelev]

I changed the code that I was asking about (to fix the out-of-scope issue that someone suggested), but it's still generating the same problem.

I posted a new thread because the code I'm asking about in this post is substantially different than the code I was asking about in the last post, but I apologize if I shouldn't have.