#37537 [NEW]: Throwing exceptions in __tostring is not supported

From: mfischer@php.net Operating system: Any PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Throwing exceptions in __tostring is not supported Description: ------------ From zend_object_handlers.c: zend_error(E_ERROR, "Method %v::__toString() must not throw an exception", ce->name); This is due the recent changes that from now on __toString will be called everywhere an object is used in a string context. Good page candidates are: http://de.php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php http://de.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=37537&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=37537&r=mysqlcfg