Re: Possibility to add finally to try/catch?

Tried to do something the other day and had to write something a bit quirky tht would have been super clean with a finally block. +1000 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@managedit.ie> wrote: > +1000 > > This is a feature that I've always wanted in PHP, My main reason being to > reduce code duplication. eg > > try { > $fh = fopen($filename); > > // Do some work on the file + encounter an error. > throw new Exception(); > } catch (Exception $e) { > // Log an error or something > } finally { > fclose($fh); > } > > Thanks, > Kiall > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Dmitri Snytkine < > dsnytkine@ultralogistics.com> wrote: > > > > > This is another feature that we know we can live without > > but those familiar with languages that have 'finally' like Java or Python > > know that > > it is very neat feature to have in some situations. > > > > Basically the code inside 'finally' is guaranteed to run even if there > is a > > 'return' inside try or catch blocks > > in which case the value to be returned is remembered tempraraly, the code > > inside finally block executes and then remembered value is returned. > > > > > > Dmitri Snytkine > > Web Developer > > Ultra Logistics, Inc. > > Phone: (888) 220-4640 x 2097 > > Fax: (888) 795-6642 > > E-Mail: dsnytkine@ultralogistics.com > > Web: www.ultralogistics.com > > > > "A Top 100 Logistics I.T. Provider in 2011" > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >