What are the potential consequences of using exit() within an exception in PHP?

Using exit() within an exception in PHP can abruptly terminate the script execution, preventing any cleanup or error handling code from running. Instead of using exit(), it is recommended to throw an exception and handle it in a higher level of the application to ensure proper error handling. 

try {
    // code that may throw an exception
    if ($error_condition) {
        throw new Exception("An error occurred");
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle the exception gracefully
    echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}

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