# Class yii\base\Exception

Inheritance | yii\base\Exception » Exception
Subclasses | yii\apidoc\helpers\BrokenLinkException, yii\authclient\InvalidResponseException, yii\base\InvalidConfigException, yii\base\InvalidRouteException, yii\base\NotSupportedException, yii\base\UnknownClassException, yii\base\UnknownPropertyException, yii\base\UserException, yii\console\Exception, yii\console\UnknownCommandException, yii\db\Exception, yii\db\IntegrityException, yii\db\StaleObjectException, yii\di\NotInstantiableException, yii\elasticsearch\Exception, yii\httpclient\Exception, yii\log\LogRuntimeException, yii\mongodb\Exception, yii\redis\SocketException, yii\web\BadRequestHttpException, yii\web\ConflictHttpException, yii\web\ForbiddenHttpException, yii\web\GoneHttpException, yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException, yii\web\HttpException, yii\web\MethodNotAllowedHttpException, yii\web\NotAcceptableHttpException, yii\web\NotFoundHttpException, yii\web\RangeNotSatisfiableHttpException, yii\web\ServerErrorHttpException, yii\web\TooManyRequestsHttpException, yii\web\UnauthorizedHttpException, yii\web\UnprocessableEntityHttpException, yii\web\UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpException, yii\web\UrlNormalizerRedirectException
Available since version | 2.0
Source Code | https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/framework/base/Exception.php

Exception represents a generic exception for all purposes.

For more details and usage information on Exception, see the guide article on handling errors.

## Public Methods

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Method | Description | Defined By
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getName() |  | yii\base\Exception

## Method Details

getName() public method

public string getName ( )
return | string | The user-friendly name of this exception