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

 
 try {
     throw new TypeError();
-} catch(RuntimeException $e) {
+} catch(RuntimeException|Error $e) {
    throw new Exception(); 
 } catch(TypeError $e) {
     echo 123;
     
-    throw new Exception();
-} catch(Error $e) {
     throw new Exception();
 }

PHP snippet to change

<?php

try {
    throw new TypeError();
} catch(RuntimeException $e) {
   throw new Exception(); 
} catch(TypeError $e) {
    echo 123;
    
    throw new Exception();
} catch(Error $e) {
    throw new Exception();
}

Applied Rules:

MultiExceptionCatchRector

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Config rector.php

<?php

use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
use Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Property\TypedPropertyFromAssignsRector;

return RectorConfig::configure()
    ->withRules([
        \Rector\Php71\Rector\TryCatch\MultiExceptionCatchRector::class,
    ]);

Rector version: c75ecb - released at 2025-06-18 23:17