#50250 [Opn]: Exceptions can be thrown and caught in an autoload function

ID: 50250 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: brandon@php.net Status: Open -Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.3.1 New Comment: So now it's working, document it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-24 21:08:31] brandon@php.net This report is about the fact that the PHP team closed a bug as "wontfix" when someone complained that exceptions raised in autoloaders could not be caught. See http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26193 Thus, there is an inconsistency in PHP, and one that should be resolved to ensure that this isn't deemed a hole later on that must be "fixed," breaking code for those that thought this was by design. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-24 20:22:52] jani@php.net So what is this report about? Are you really complaining because something WORKS? If so, please change this to documentation issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-23 11:55:13] rquadling@php.net Amendeded the code slightly ... <?php echo "\n", PHP_VERSION; if (function_exists('spl_autoload_register')) { function autoload($class) { throw new Exception('test'); require $class . '.php'; } spl_autoload_register('autoload'); } else { function __autoload($class) { throw new Exception('test'); require $class . '.php'; } } try { new NoExist(); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "unable to load the class.\n"; } 5.0.0 Fatal error: __autoload(NoExist) threw an exception of type 'Exception' in Z:\testauto.php on line 29 5.0.1 - 5.0.5 Fatal error: Function __autoload(NoExist) threw an exception of type 'Exception' in Z:\testauto.php on line 29 5.1.0 - 5.2.11 Fatal error: Class 'NoExist' not found in Z:\testauto.php on line 29 5.3.0 - 5.3.1 unable to load the class. And using MissingException 5.0.0 - 5.0-5 Fatal error: Class 'MissingException' not found in Z:\testauto.php on line 12 5.1.0 - 5.3.1 Fatal error: Class 'MissingException' not found in Z:\testauto.php on line 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-23 11:36:21] rquadling@php.net One instance where the documentation does hold true is attempting to throw an exception of a type which is not available. Changing ... throw new Exception('test'); to ... throw new MissingException('test'); results in ... Fatal error: Class 'MissingException' not found in Z:\testauto.php on line 6 I wonder if this is what the documentation is relating to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-11-20 20:14:30] bjori@php.net This is also true for __autoload(), not only spl_register_autoload(). Bug or expected behavior as of PHP 5.3.0? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/50250 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50250&edit=1