Re: Extending Exception

On 21 July 2010 16:14, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 11:10 -0400, Christoph Boget wrote: > >> Ok, so taking the sample code that is on the page >> >> >> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.extending.php >> >> Literally, just cutting and pasting the code.  When I try to >> >> throw new Exception( 'My Message' ); >> >> PHP spits out the following fatal error: >> >> Fatal error: Wrong parameters for Exception([string $exception [, long $code ]]) >> >> and the line number it dies on is the line in the >> MyException::__construct() where it is calling the parent's >> constructor.  So what's going on?  Is the documentation wrong?  Is >> this a bug?  Am I doing something wrong? >> >> I'm using PHP 5.2.9. >> >> thnx, >> Christoph >> > > > Well, it's not really a copy and paste job, as you've omitted the second > argument to the Exception method, which is what the error is complaining > about. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > Ashley, the second argument is optional, hence the [] around the [, long $code]. The issue is one of BC as I've described above. Removing the BC allows the code to work as documented.