#40024 [Opn->Csd]: Able to thrown an Exception in a Destructor

ID: 40024 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: php at girsbrain dot org -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows XP SP 2 PHP Version: 5.2.0 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. "Attempting to throw an exception from a destructor (called in the time of script termination) causes a fatal error." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-10 08:52:35] dmitry@php.net This is a documentation bug. The "PHP Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame" is occurs only if exception thrown during PHP script shutdown, however objects that are destroied during script execution can throw exception from destructors without problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-04 18:17:54] garmoan at gmail dot com Tested on Mac OSX with PHP 6.0.0-dev same results ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-04 18:02:23] php at girsbrain dot org Tested on CentOS 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Aug 23 13:38:27 BST 2006 GNU/Linux with PHP 5.1.6, got the same result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-01-04 17:57:13] php at girsbrain dot org Description: ------------ On the Constructor/Destructor page in the manual, the last note states that "Attempting to throw an exception from a destructor causes a fatal error." I've come into a scenario where I am able to throw an Exception, without fail, from a Destructor. Below are just two examples, I'm sure there are more. Reproduce code: --------------- http://www.girsbrain.org/php_bugs/exception_deconstructor_01.phps http://www.girsbrain.org/php_bugs/exception_deconstructor_02.phps Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0 Actual result: -------------- This should produce a Fatal error, but it doesn't #0 \test.php(10): TestClass->__destruct() #1 {main} ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40024&edit=1