Bug #74454 [NEW]: Wrong exception being thrown when using ReflectionMethod

From: premavansmuuf at gmail dot com Operating system: WSL/Ubuntu 16.04 PHP version: 7.0.18 Package: Reflection related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Wrong exception being thrown when using ReflectionMethod Description: ------------ Trying to get a reflection of method of class located inside a file with syntax error that is being included via autoloader results in a ReflectionException instead of ParseError. Note that if one tries $x = new ReflectionClass('A'); instead, correct expected ParseError is thrown. Test script: --------------- --- FILE index.php <?php spl_autoload_register('load_file'); try { $x = new ReflectionMethod('A', 'b'); } catch (\Throwable $e) { echo get_class($e) . ': ' . $e->getMessage(); } function load_file() { require __DIR__ . '/syntaxerror.php'; } --- FILE syntaxerror.php <?php class A { if (wrongsyntax) } Expected result: ---------------- ParseError: syntax error, unexpected 'if' (T_IF), expecting function (T_FUNCTION) Actual result: -------------- ReflectionException: Class A does not exist -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74454&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74454&r=mysqlcfg