#50699 [NEW]: Cannot throw Exceptions in __toString()

From: Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:22:38 +0000
Subject: #50699 [NEW]: Cannot throw Exceptions in __toString()
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From:             gmblar+php at gmail dot com
Operating system: *
PHP version:      5.3.1
PHP Bug Type:     *General Issues
Bug description:  Cannot throw Exceptions in __toString()

Description:
------------
Cannot throw Exceptions in __toString(). Instead it produces a Fatal 
error.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

class bar {

    public function __toString() {
        throw new Exception('Incomplete Data');
    }

}

$foo = new bar();
echo $foo;

?>





Expected result:
----------------
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Incomplete 
Data' in /-:6

Actual result:
--------------
Fatal error: Method bar::__toString() must not throw an exception in /- 
on line 0

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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50699&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0):            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in SVN:                        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:                      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=support
Expected behavior:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50699&r=mysqlcfg

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