Bug #61442 [ReO]: SPL autoload issues Fatal Error if a handler throws exception

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61442&edit=1 ID: 61442 User updated by: yks-uno at yandex dot ru Reported by: yks-uno at yandex dot ru Summary: SPL autoload issues Fatal Error if a handler throws exception Status: Re-Opened Type: Bug Package: SPL related Operating System: Linux, FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.3.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: That is what it was all about. Again sorry for resentment, thanks for clearing things up. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-19 10:33:07] laruence@php.net hmm, seems I thought wrongly, try { new AAAA(); } catch () { } can be catched in 5.3 but try { AAA:xxx(); } can not be catched in 5.3, but can be catched in 5.4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-19 10:09:14] laruence@php.net and the 5.3.0+ seems should be 5.3+ (I mean 5.4 works fine). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-19 10:03:24] laruence@php.net http://us.php.net/autoload "Note: Prior to 5.3.0, exceptions thrown in the __autoload function could not be caught in the catch block and would result in a fatal error. From 5.3.0+ exceptions thrown in the __autoload function can be caught in the catch block, with 1 provision. If throwing a custom exception, then the custom exception class must be available. The __autoload function may be used recursively to autoload the custom exception class." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-19 08:54:26] yks-uno at yandex dot ru And please would you mind to show the exact place in the PHP documentation where it is stated that an autoload handler ALWAYS DIES regardless of exceptions or substituting another class if it does not find the class it is trying to load? Or there is "no information available, might only be in SVN" ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-19 08:43:30] yks-uno at yandex dot ru Sorry but you're wrong. Do you understand what the function spl_autoload_register() does? And what the function x() does? The function x() is a handler for loading classes - That is what autoload handler SHOULD DO, it should LOAD classes which are NOT LOADED yet. And at the moment of loading, you can not tell whether a class EXISTS or not. The test script is calling a method of a class which is NOT LOADED yet. It SHOULD report an error if the class being loaded is not found. But it SHOULD NOT DIE on throwing an exception!!! This IS A BUG because an exception is not thrown where it is explicitly written. You cleverly advise me to use class_exists on a NOT LOADED class, so it just AGAIN forwards an autoload call to the handler (function "x") which eventually DIES. If you are so clever then just remove the autoload handler from PHP and force use require_once. Sorry for my being angry, but, damn, it was a HALF-YEAR since bug submitted to invent such a stupid reason that it is not a bug!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61442 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61442&edit=1