Req #51001 [Fbk->NoF]: Always shows stack trace when a Fatal error occurs

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51001&edit=1 ID: 51001 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: abdallah at gmx dot com Summary: Always shows stack trace when a Fatal error occurs -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows 7 PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-05 16:19:43] anrdaemon at freemail dot ru I'm facing a problem in tracking down various issues in a complex project, and I would greatly benefit from ability to call Exception::getTraceAsString() statically. So that instead of doing something like default: if(isset($GLOBALS['toolDebugfilterEnabled']) && $GLOBALS['toolDebugfilterEnabled'] === true) { print('Breakpoint reached in: '); $e = new Exception($mode); print($e->getTraceAsString()); I could just do a default: if(isset($GLOBALS['toolDebugfilterEnabled']) && $GLOBALS['toolDebugfilterEnabled'] === true) { print('Breakpoint reached in: '); print(Exception::getTraceAsString()); and be done with it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-04-12 20:40:30] dharkness at gmail dot com You actually have to remove the try/catch to reproduce the problem. When you catch the exception, no fatal error is raised and you can see the stack trace. If you don't catch the exception, the PHP engine raises an E_FATAL error which cannot be trapped. We use a shutdown hook and check for fatal errors so we can report the issue, but at that point there's no stack trace--just the file and line where the error occurred. It would be nice to have a similar function to error_get_last() to get the stack trace, such as backtrace_get_last(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-11-24 09:44:26] jani@php.net I do get a trace here using your reproduce script with PHP 5.3.4RC1. So what is the problem? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-04-10 01:51:31] a at b dot c dot de An observation from me: A stack trace is dumped in the event of a fatal error (depending on the error reporting level); but it's only when an uncaught exception reaches the top of the call stack without being handled that such an error occurs. If it is caught, then it's not an uncaught exception and therefore not a Fatal error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-02-10 20:05:24] abdallah at gmx dot com Description: ------------ Always shows stack trace when a Fatal error occurs without having to do always something like this : <?php function test() { throw new Exception; } try { test(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e->getTraceAsString(); } ?> Reproduce code: --------------- <?php function test() { throw new Exception; } try { test(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e->getTraceAsString(); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- #0 /home/bjori/tmp/ex.php(7): test() #1 {main} Actual result: -------------- nothin' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51001&edit=1