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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Error instead of returning false
From: php-lists@koalephant.com (Stephen Reay)


> On 7 May 2019, at 22:15, Claude Pache <claude.pache@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> If you do think that ideally an exception should be thrown here, it is =
better to devise a new function=E2=80=94and, while you=E2=80=99re at it, =
a function that returns an object of some definite class instead of a =
resource.

Isn=E2=80=99t this exactly what SplFileObject / SplFileInfo::openFile is =
for?