Twas the night of production, and all through the server, all the bugs were stirring... We've all heard the developer horror stories or have had our fair share of shocking experiences as a developer tackling an unfortunate event. To keep up with the Halloween season, we wanted to hear some of the spooky encounters that developers dealt with. Here are some of the stories that you submitted to Rollbar. Make sure to turn on the light and read with caution!

An exception is an unwanted or unexpected event that occurs during the execution of a program which changes its normal flow. Exception handling is the mechanism to respond to and investigate the occurrence and cause of an exception. Generally, exceptions are of two types - checked and unchecked.

A PHP framework is a platform to build PHP web applications. PHP frameworks provide libraries for commonly used functions, which helps to cut down on the amount of original code developers need to write from scratch. A PHP framework provides a basic foundation for the development of web applications in PHP. Frameworks are useful because they speed up and standardize the development process, reducing doubts about how to start building an application.