#26193 [NEW]: Exceptions from within _autoload cannot be caught

From: acm at tweakers dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.0.0b2 (beta2) PHP Bug Type: Zend Engine 2 problem Bug description: Exceptions from within _autoload cannot be caught Description: ------------ When You try to implement some sort of class-loader, the autoload-function is very usefull. But as soon as you want the user-code to do something special when a class isn't found, it'd be handy to throw out an exception, which the user-code either can catch or ignore. With the current beta2 that isn't possible as it seems. Reproduce code: --------------- <? function __autoload($class) { throw new Exception($class . " does not exist."); } try { $obj = new test(); // Where test is a non-existent class } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- Something like: exception 'exception' with message 'test does not exist.' etc.. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: __autoload threw an exception in /home/acm/public_html/kb/autoload.php on line 11 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26193&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26193&r=float