Bug #70967 [Opn]: Weird error handling for __toString when Error is thrown

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70967&edit=1 ID: 70967 Updated by: laruence@php.net Reported by: bugs dot php dot net at majkl578 dot cz Summary: Weird error handling for __toString when Error is thrown Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem PHP Version: 7.0.0RC7 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: laruence Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: hmm, okey, let me think about it Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-11-29 02:09:34] shiranai7 at hotmail dot com Doesn't zend_std_cast_object_tostring() have access to the exception object? If it does, the exception's message and stack trace could be appended to the fatal error's message. (This is already the default behavior for uncaught exceptions). Example: Method FooBar::__toString() must not throw an exception. Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'BLAH' in SOMEFILE:123 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in SOMEFILE on line 123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-11-25 09:33:31] laruence@php.net okey , I understand it now.. but I am not sure how to fix it is better :< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-11-25 05:13:58] laruence@php.net hmm, then what should it says? must not throw anything? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-11-25 02:39:50] bugs dot php dot net at majkl578 dot cz Description: ------------ When an error occurs inside __toString method, for example call to an undefined function, an Error is thrown. But since __toString does not allow exceptions to be thrown from inside, it just says "__toString() must not throw an exception". This behavior is especially confusing e.g. in case of a typo (see below). Test script: --------------- <?php echo new class { function __toString() { return stravl(123); // should be strval } }; Expected result: ---------------- Something more accurate, either the message of the Error itself or at least better generic message. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Method class@anonymous::__toString() must not throw an exception ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70967&edit=1