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Bug #52311 PHP raises Fatal Error on not existent method invocation
Submitted: 2010-07-12 05:41 UTC Modified: 2010-07-13 18:41 UTC
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From: d dot orlando dot 0 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.2 OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-07-12 05:41 UTC] d dot orlando dot 0 at gmail dot com
Description:
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Invoking a method that doesn't exist raises a Fatal Error, and there is no way to 
catch the exception.

Test script:
---------------
<?php

class A
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        \error_reporting(\E_ALL);
        \ini_set('display_errors', true);
        \ini_set('display_startup_errors', true);

        try { $this->_init(); } catch (\Exception $e) {echo "Catched!";}
    }
}

new A();


Expected result:
----------------
Catched!

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Call to undefined method A::_init() in 
/srv/http/PHP/3/fatalerror.php on line 11

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 [2010-07-13 18:41 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-07-13 18:41 UTC] aharvey@php.net
This is by design, and can't be changed now without severely impacting backward compatibility. Errors in PHP code don't generally raise exceptions.
 
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