From: p at nic dot com dot pl Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.2.8 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: catch doesn't allow for an empty statement
Description: ------------ catch requires empty {} and not just ";" Reproduce code: --------------- try { statement } catch (exception); is not allowed: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting '{' Expected result: ---------------- try { statement } catch (exception); should work (catch exception, do nothing) exactly like try { statement } catch (exception) {}; does. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47075&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47075&r=mysqlcfg