Doc #69026 [NEW]: conflict between documentation and behaviour on finally

From: nicolas dot sitbon at gmail dot com Operating system: all PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:conflict between documentation and behaviour on finally Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.exceptions --- Quoting the manual: - "Each try must have at least one corresponding catch block" - "a finally block may also be specified after the catch blocks" so the manual states that each try block must have at least one catch block. But the implementation currently allows the omission of the catch block if there is a finally block. <?php try { echo 'in try'; } finally { echo 'in finally'; } is perfectly valid on all versions of PHP > 5.5 and on HHVM. Can we rely on this behaviour or we should trust the manual ? -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69026&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69026&r=mysqlcfg