Is there a cleaner way to do this?    try {        $ffprobe      = FFProbe::create();        $streams      = $ffprobe->streams($infile);        $videoStreams = $streams->videos();        $audioStreams = $streams->audios();        if (!$videoStreams) {            throw new Exception(Could not find a video stream for file:  . $infile . PHP_EOL);        }    } catch (RuntimeException $e) {        throw $e;    }
Throwing an exception within a try/catch block in PHP
php;exception handling
The way you did it is pretty much the standard way to bubble exceptions up the stack. Basically something like:function a(){     throw new Exception(Exceptional!); }function b(){    try{        a();    } catch (Exception $e){        throw $e;    }} try{    b();} catch (Exception $e){    echo $e->getMessage();}This will output: Exceptional!Do note that if you in b() do throw new Exception($e), you'll get:exception 'Exception' with message 'Exceptional!' in sandboxed.php:1 Stack trace:     #0 php(5): a()     #1 php(12): b()     #2 {main}For your code however, you'd have to make sure that you are your try/catch block is within another try/catch block, otherwise you will end up with an uncaught exception error. try{    try {        $ffprobe      = FFProbe::create();        $streams      = $ffprobe->streams($infile);        $videoStreams = $streams->videos();        $audioStreams = $streams->audios();        if (!$videoStreams) {            throw new Exception(Could not find a video stream for file:  . $infile . PHP_EOL);        }    } catch (RuntimeException $e) {        throw $e;    }} catch (Exception $e){    echo $e->getMessage();}May I ask why you are bubbling exceptions like this rather than erroring out on a caught exception? EDITFail often:try{    $ffprobe = FFProbe::create();    try {        $streams = $ffprobe->streams($infile);    } catch (RuntimeException $e) {        throw $e;    }    $videoStreams = $streams->videos();    $audioStreams = $streams->audios();    if (!$videoStreams) {        throw new Exception(Could not find a video stream for file:  . $infile . PHP_EOL);    }} catch (Exception $e){    echo $e->getMessage();}