Bug #66503 [NEW]: Fatal error in SoapClient isn't really fatal

From: gordon dot mcvey at ntlworld dot com Operating system: Ubuntu Linux, Mac OSX Lion PHP version: 5.4.24 Package: SOAP related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Fatal error in SoapClient isn't really fatal Description: ------------ Dealing with the SoapClient in PHP inside a try block produces an unexpected result when a failure to connect occurs. A fatal error will be logged or displayed (depending on error_reporting, display_errors and error logging settings) but the script will continue to execute. Test script: --------------- <?php echo "start\n"; try { $test = new SoapClient ('http://www.example.com/'); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "Caught exception\n"; } echo "end\n"; Expected result: ---------------- Either ====== start Caught exception end Or ====== start PHP Fatal error: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http://www.example.com/' : Extra content at the end of the document in soapfail.php on line 6 Actual result: -------------- start PHP Fatal error: SOAP-ERROR: Parsing WSDL: Couldn't load from 'http://www.example.com/' : Extra content at the end of the document in soapfail.php on line 6 Caught exception end -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66503&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=66503&r=mysqlcfg