Req #67312 [NEW]: type hinting exception handling

From: bhasker dot t dot an at gmail dot com Operating system: windows PHP version: 5.4.28 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:type hinting exception handling Description: ------------ class a { protected function method_a(someClass $obj) { /// some code } } $a = new a(); $a->method_a('hellow'); //this throws an error Test script: --------------- class a { protected function method_a(someClass $obj) { /// some code } } $a = new a(); $a->method_a('hellow'); //this throws an error Expected result: ---------------- could be grate if there is possiblity to write like class a { protected function method_a(someClass $obj) throws someException { /// some code } } try { $a = new a(); $a->method_a('hellow'); }catch (someException $e){ //catch exception } Actual result: -------------- throwing fatal error -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67312&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=67312&r=mysqlcfg