renders a default menu when wordpress api fails

view/common/wordpress-menu.phtml

@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ $items = new ArrayObject;
 $items[0] = new ArrayObject(); // top level menu items go here
 
 if ($wordpress_endpoint) {
+  try {
     $client = new Client($wordpress_endpoint);
     $client->setOptions(array("timeout"=>1));
     $response = $client->send();
+  }
+  catch (exception $e) {
+    $response = null;
+  }
+  if ($response) {
     $response_data = json_decode($response->getBody());
-
     if (!$response->isClientError() && $response_data) {
       foreach ($response_data as $menu_item) {
         $lowered_title = strtolower($menu_item->title);
@@ -38,6 +43,26 @@ if ($wordpress_endpoint) {
         $items[$menu_item->menu_item_parent][$menu_item->ID] =$item;
       }
     }
+  }
+}
+
+if (count($items[0]) == 0) {
+  // we did not retrieve a menu from the wordpress site
+  // let's create a default menu
+  if ($wordpress_site) {
+    $project_item = [
+      "id" => 2,
+      "title" => "Project",
+      "url" => $wordpress_site
+    ];
+    $items[0][2] = $project_item;
+  }
+  $login_item = [
+    "id" => 1,
+    "title" => "Login",
+    "url" => "/login"
+  ];
+  $items[0][1] = $login_item;
 }
 //print_r($items);
 
@@ -55,8 +80,7 @@ if (!function_exists('render_menu')) {
     echo '</ul>' . PHP_EOL;
   }
 }
-if (count($items[0]) > 0) {
-  render_menu($items, 0);
-}
+
+render_menu($items, 0);
 
 ?>