Bug #66425 [NEW]: Misleading fatal error with nested exceptions

From: r dot wilczek at web-appz dot de Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.5.7 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Misleading fatal error with nested exceptions Description: ------------ Exceptions nesting a previous exception result in misleading error-reports. In the test script below, Foo was actually caught and nested in an uncaught Bar. The resulting fatal error errorneously suggests, that Foo was not caught. Test script: --------------- class Foo extends \Exception {}; class Bar extends \Exception {}; try { throw new Foo('Foo-message'); } catch (Foo $e) { throw new Bar('Bar-message', 4711, $e); } Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Bar' with message 'Bar-message' in test.php on line 8 Foo: Foo-message in test.php on line 6 Call Stack: 0.0002 269440 1. {main}() test.php:0 Bar: Bar-message in test.php on line 8 Call Stack: 0.0002 269440 1. {main}() test.php:0 Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Foo' with message 'Foo-message' in test.php on line 8 Foo: Foo-message in test.php on line 6 Call Stack: 0.0002 269440 1. {main}() test.php:0 Bar: Bar-message in test.php on line 8 Call Stack: 0.0002 269440 1. {main}() test.php:0 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66425&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66425&r=mysqlcfg