# ErrorException::getSeverity

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

ErrorException::getSeverity — Gets the exception severity

### Description

final public ErrorException::getSeverity ( ) : int

Returns the severity of the exception.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns the severity level of the exception.

### Examples

Example #1 ErrorException::getSeverity() example

`<?php
try {
throw new ErrorException("Exception message", 0, E_USER_ERROR);
} catch(ErrorException $e) {
echo "This exception severity is: " . $e->getSeverity();
var_dump($e->getSeverity() === E_USER_ERROR);
}
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    This exception severity is: 256
    bool(true)