Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52339&edit=1
ID: 52339
Comment by: wolfen at gmail dot com
Reported by: dangerous dot ben at gmail dot com
Summary: SPL autoloader breaks class_exists()
Status: Re-Opened
Type: Bug
Package: SPL related
Operating System: any (debian)
PHP Version: 5.3.3RC2
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
I echo the sentiments of matthew dot bonner if not his choice of words. If the purpose of
class_exists() is to indicate whether or not a given class has been defined in the current scope or
loaded into the current scope via include/require directives, then I simply cannot imagine a
scenario in which it is acceptable for this function to throw an Exception.
Previous Comments:
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[2015-09-09 18:35:52] matthew dot bonner at gmail dot com
It shouldn't throw an exception or cause an error. This is exactly why people move to C#
because we don't have to put up with any of this bullshit for 5 years. An exception should be
thrown when something happens that is not expected to happen, you expect class_exists to return
false when the class does not exist, it is bonkers to think that we want to be wasting our lives
catching stupid exceptions that should not be thrown in the first place, either that or catch the
bloody exception in the body of the class_exists function for crying out loud. How hard is it
really?
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[2015-09-08 20:22:20] cmb@php.net
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=337786
Log: spl_autoload() may throw LogicException (related to #52339)
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[2015-09-08 20:14:46] cmb@php.net
> My understanding of the underlying code is that it generates an> error in this case. Perhaps it should generate an exception,> which can be caught an handled.
The code already throws an exception, see <https://3v4l.org/AaURG>.
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[2014-10-13 10:33:31] aden at fraserjilani dot com
v5.5.9 - still broken.
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[2014-10-08 06:51:01] john dot fragkoulis at gmail dot com
v5.5.3 still broken
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