Send custom 500 http response from Laravel

Question

I would like to send a custom http response with status as 500. Tried the below code, but it's returning status as 200.

return response()
            ->json([
                'code'      =>  500,
                 'message'   =>  'custom error'
            ], 500);

How can I send http status 500 from laravel controller?

Possible duplicate of [Laravel - Return json along with http status code](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31131159/laravel-return-json-along-with-http-status-code) — Script47, Nov 29 '18 at 11:37
i think u missing something here (your code is working fine) — Jignesh Joisar, Nov 29 '18 at 11:44

Josh · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-28T21:27:16.320

10

Try this.

return abort(500, 'custom error');

For more info:

Hope this helps

Update

Try this then

return response()->json(['message' => 'error message'], 500);

That will send a 500 status code instead of a 200

For more info:

Hope that helps.

edited Jun 28 '20 at 21:27

answered Nov 29 '18 at 11:40

Josh

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AFAIK, `abort` actually renders a blade template, not JSON, would this work for the OP? – Script47 Nov 29 '18 at 11:47
I believe you need to call `response` as a function: `return response()->...` – Théophile Jun 28 '20 at 16:28

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