PHP Try/Retry on Exception

retry.php

<?php

/**
 * Basic structure for retrying when an exception is thrown in a try/catch block.
 * This example fails through three retries simply to illustrate the behavior.
 */
$retries = 3;

for ($try = 0; $try < $retries; $try++) {
    try {
        throw new \Exception('bad mojo');
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        var_dump('failed ' . $try);
        sleep(1);
        continue;
    }
    break;
}