How can error handling be improved in the provided PHP code snippet to provide more meaningful feedback to the user?

The provided PHP code snippet lacks proper error handling, which can result in vague error messages for the user. To provide more meaningful feedback, we can use try-catch blocks to catch specific exceptions and display custom error messages to the user. 

try {
    // Code that may throw exceptions
    $result = someFunction();
    
    if ($result === false) {
        throw new Exception("An error occurred while processing the request.");
    }
    
    // Continue with successful operation
    echo "Operation successful!";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Custom error message for the user
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}

Keywords

try-catch exception handling error reporting error messages debugging

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