minor #9675 Reword the explanation about HTTP exceptions (javiereguiluz)

javiereguiluz · javiereguiluz · commit a5df348fe25d · 2018-04-26T09:27:34.000+02:00
This PR was merged into the 2.7 branch. Discussion ---------- Reword the explanation about HTTP exceptions On Symfony Slack some people said this was not as clear as it should be. Commits ------- 2308031 Reword the explanation about HTTP exceptions
diff --git a/controller.rst b/controller.rst
@@ -307,9 +307,12 @@ method is just a shortcut to create a special
 :class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Exception\\NotFoundHttpException`
 object, which ultimately triggers a 404 HTTP response inside Symfony.
 
-Of course, you're free to throw any ``Exception`` class in your controller -
-Symfony will automatically return a 500 HTTP response code::
+If you throw an exception that extends or is an instance of
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Exception\\HttpException`, Symfony will
+use the appropriate HTTP status code. Otherwise, the response will have a 500
+HTTP status code::
 
+    // this exception ultimately generates a 500 status error
     throw new \Exception('Something went wrong!');
 
 In every case, an error page is shown to the end user and a full debug
