Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=32100&edit=1
ID: 32100
Comment by: matthias at die-legendaeren dot de
Reported by: ceefour at gauldong dot net
Summary: Request 'finally' support for exceptions
Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: *
PHP Version: 5.*
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
"Just going to say 'Me too!'? Don't clutter the database with that please !"
But this is the right place for a "me too": to prove that a statement from 12
years ago was shortsighted and in a "works for me" way, developers (as
customers)
who disagree have to group behind their request.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-04-11 21:21:33] gudjonj at gmail dot com
+1 for finally in PHP
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[2012-04-11 08:34:13] ravilov at gmail dot com
My two cents...
Here's an example of emulating "finally" in PHP without needing to duplicate
code.
$_ex = null;
AllocateSomeResource();
try {
DoSomeProcessing();
} catch (Exception $ex) {
$_ex = $ex;
}
DeallocateSomeResource();
if ($_ex != null) {
throw $_ex;
}
That said, I completely agree any current workaround/emulation/"solution" is
nothing but cumbersome and bug-prone, and that we shouldn't have to come up
with such creative ways to overcome what seems like a language design flaw. PHP
is a tool, it is supposed to work *with* us, not *against* us.
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[2012-04-03 13:08:00] andrew dot feller at gmail dot com
The demand for "finally" is a symptom of PHP not officially and explicitly
addressing supported solutions to managing resources. I cannot find anything
within PHP documentation to address this:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.misc.php
So I recommend to move beyond inclusion of finalizers and start with educating
constituents because there is an opportunity to resolve this and hopefully
improve quality of work done by developers
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[2012-01-02 12:02:49] frederic dot hardy at mageekbox dot net
I'm not sure that this place is the right place to discuss about that.
Since the last year, PHP has a process to discuss technical point, aka RFC
(https://wiki.php.net/rfc).
So, if "finally" must be included in PHP, just write the relative RFC and
discuss
it on internals.
Sure that time has changed, because PHP's users are more power now than in the
past !
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[2011-12-08 17:40:44] antoninweb at gmail dot com
I don't understand how this is not included when PHP supports try...catch. It
just
doesn't makes sense and it's annoying because you have to find ways around it
contantly.
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