Req #60053 [NEW]: Allow throwing of strings and things

From: Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow throwing of strings and things Description: ------------ Here's my suggestion: when throwing something that's not an Exception, use it as the message of a new Exception (instead of dying). I.e., throw $x; where !($x instanceof Exception) would be interpreted as: throw new Exception($x); Then I could do this: throw "I can't be arsed to type new Exception() everywhere"; >inb4 one person looks at and rejects this for some bureaucratic reason and it's never considered again. >I mean, er, have a nice day. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60053&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60053&r=mysqlcfg