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Subject:  Exceptions and builtin functions in PHP5
From: tumurbaatar@datacom.mn ("Tumurbaatar S.")


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From: "Tumurbaatar S." <tumurbaatar@datacom.mn>
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Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 17:44
Subject: Re: [PHP] Exceptions and builtin functions in PHP5


>
> <daniel@electroteque.org> wrote in message
> news:49201.203.15.102.65.1081404627.squirrel@www.electroteque.org...
> > > If I understand right, PHP5 has an exception
> > > handling mechanism but it is only for "manual" using, i.e.
> > > a programmer can use try/catch but only for own code.
> > > PHP's built-in functions and functions from extensions still
> > > use old "return value" method. Yes?
> > >
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> > I bloody hope not or what is the point ?
>

 In the current version of PHP, many built-in functions (if not all?)
 return FALSE on an error and some resource/handle on a success.
 So, instead of coding like this:
 ...
     $res = some_builtin_func(); // func does not raise exception on error
     if (!$res)
         throw new Exception();    // so I throw it manually
 ...
 I want to write:
 ...
     $res = some_builtin_func(); // func raises exception on error
 // so I don't need to write additional lines
 ...

 So will PHP5 (or future versions) work as in my 2nd example?