Re: [lists.php] Re: [PHP-DEV] Continued try blocks

HI, I also really don't like it. if you have a try/catch within a for, will it continue the try or for? (or have I to use "continue 2" to reach the for) At least use another keyword to make it more clear that you don't want to continue a loop at the beginning but a catch statement after the exception. I would have solved your example like this: try { try { $user = $repository->findById(123); } catch (NotFoundException $e) { $user = new User(); } try { $user->setName($name); } catch (ValidationException $e) { $user->setName($this->stripInvalidChars($name)); } $em->save($user); return true; } catch (Exception $e) { return false; } I think that's more clear - but a few lines longer. And it's probably more save, when the "$em->save($user);" throws a NotFoundException exception then a new user will be created and then (without saving) true is returned.