note 52612 added to language.exceptions

PHP5 supports exception throwing inside a function, and catching it outside that function call. There is no mention of this in documentation but it works just fine, as tested by this sample code: <?php function exceptionFunction() { throw new Exception("Throwing an exception!"); } try { exceptionFunction(); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "Exception caught!\n"; } ?> The result in PHP 5.0.3 is "Exception caught!" Further tests show that nested functions with exceptions, methods throwing exceptions, etc all work the same way. This is like declaring all classes (or methods) in Java as "class ClassName throws Exception". While I consider this a good thing, you should be aware that any thrown exception will propagate up your stack until it is either caught or runs out of stack. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.exceptions.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52612 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52612&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52612&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52612&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52612&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52612&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52612&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php