Re: Exception not being caught

2009/7/15 Weston C <westonc@gmail.com>: > <?php > > class A { } > > $a = new A();                           // Ayn would be proud, right? > > try { >    echo "a is ",$a,"\n"; > } catch(Exception $e) { >    echo "\nException Caught: "; >    echo $e, $n; > } > > ?> > > This does not run as expected. I'd think that when the implicit string > conversion in the try block hits, the exception would be thrown, > caught by the catch block, and relayed. > > Instead you don't ever see the words "exception caught" and you get > "Catchable fatal error: Object of class A could not be converted to > string." > > If it's catchable, why isn't it caught in my example? It's not an exception, it's a "fatal error". Fatal errors are caught by error handling functions, not by catch blocks. Consequence of having (at least) two separate error handling mechanisms in the same language.