Try Rector Online | Rector - Automated Way to Instantly Upgrade and Refactor any PHP code

Run Rector on your code to see what it can do for you:

 
 try {
     throwException();
-} catch (Throwable $e) {
+} catch (Throwable $throwable) {
 
-    logException($e);
+    logException($throwable);
     $notification = new Notification();
-    $notification->exception($e);
+    $notification->exception($throwable);
 }
 
 try {
     throwException();
-} catch (Throwable $e) {
-    logException($e);
+} catch (Throwable $throwable) {
+    logException($throwable);
 
     $notification = new Notification();
     $notification->exception($e);
 }

PHP snippet to change

<?php

use Symfony\Component\Notifier\Notification\Notification;

function logException(Throwable $e): void
{
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

/**
 * @throws Exception
 */
function throwException(): never
{
    throw new Exception('Helloworld');
}

try {
    throwException();
} catch (Throwable $e) {

    logException($e);
    $notification = new Notification();
    $notification->exception($e);
}

try {
    throwException();
} catch (Throwable $e) {
    logException($e);

    $notification = new Notification();
    $notification->exception($e);
}

Applied Rules:

CatchExceptionNameMatchingTypeRector

Not a change you expect?

Create an issue on GitHub
...or to speed up fix – add a test fixture

Config rector.php

<?php

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Property\TypedPropertyFromAssignsRector;
use Rector\ValueObject\PhpVersion;
use Rector\CodingStyle\Rector\Catch_\CatchExceptionNameMatchingTypeRector;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([
        CatchExceptionNameMatchingTypeRector::class
    ]);

Rector version: b855ff - released at 2026-01-22 19:37