[Typo3-dev] Concept for exception handling?

[Robert Lemke]

Ries van Twisk wrote:

> I agree.... it will take at least a couple of more years untill PHP5 is
> wide spread into ISP land... Not for our offices etc...

I don't think it will be several years. I will definately use PHP5 for the
next major version of the Documents Suite and I could imagine TYPO3 using
PHP5 features in a year from now. But you never know of course ...

> btw... I currently can't see a big advantage for exeption handeling in
> PHP... but that's just my huble opinion.,

I do. In my opinion code with PHP5 exceptions comes more readable.

See this simple example:

PHP4

if ($docFactoryObj = myClass::getNewDocFactory()) {
   if ($documentObj = $docFactoryObj->newDocument()) {
      if ($documentObj->load('mydocument.sxw')) {
         ...
      } else { printerror ('could not load');
   } else { printerror ('could not create new document');
} else { printerror ('could not get new factory');


PHP5

try {
   $docFactoryObj = myClass::getNewDocFactory();
   $documentObj = $docFactoryObj->newDocument();
   $documentObj->load('mydocument.sxw');
} catch (docException $exception) {
   printerror ($exception);
}

-- 
robert