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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object
From: christopher.vogt@rwth-aachen.de (Christopher Vogt)

Hi Kalle,

> I personally don't really mind it, as you got the instanceof and
> typehinting to check for whenever a variable is an object, so I would
> say its more of a user design issue. Fatal errors just requires you to
> refactor your code so your code shouldn't emit such things which I'm
> alright with.

fatal error can also happen caused by a bug. The case described in my
Mail is even rather likely. However a fatal error prevents me from
handling the error using an error_handler. THAT is the problem.

Best regards

Christopher