On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Ben Bidner <b...@vuetec.com> wrote: > > per the manual, exceptions thrown in an autoload method are swallowed, > > and an E_ERROR is triggered by php. > > > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php > > I have read that note before, and wondered exactly what it was referring to > since you can throw exceptions within an autoloader and catch them (or have > your exception handler do whatever it needs to do with them). > > <?php > > function autoloader($className) > { > echo "autoloading" . PHP_EOL; > throw new Exception("Fail"); > } > > spl_autoload_register("autoloader"); > > try > { > // Exception > $obj = new NonExistentClass; > } > catch(Exception $e) > { > echo "caught" . PHP_EOL; > } > > try > { > // Exception > $const = constant("NonExistentClass::NON_EXISTENT_CONSTANT"); > } > catch(Exception $e) > { > echo "caught" . PHP_EOL; > } > > try > { > // Fatal error > $const = NonExistentClass::NON_EXISTENT_CONSTANT; > } > catch(Exception $e) > { > echo "never happens" . PHP_EOL; > } > ?> > > Will output: > > autoloading > caught > autoloading > caught > autoloading > PHP Fatal error: Undefined class constant
on both my systems (mentioned in reply to rob) the script fatals after the first "autoloading", just like the manual says.. nat...@trident2:~$ php testcode.php autoloading Fatal error: Class 'NonExistentClass' not found in /home/nathan/testcode.php on line 41 -nathan
