Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26789&edit=1
ID: 26789 Comment by: me at joshsera dot com Reported by: davidc at blesys dot com Summary: NullPointerException desired Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: (doesn't apply) PHP Version: 5.0.0b3 (beta3) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The point of an NPE is so you can enclose code in a try/catch block instead of wrapping every statement in an if that tests for null. It makes for more readable code. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-05 03:00:01] der...@php.net If you want to have "NULL" objects, test if an object is NULL before you call methods on it. There is no chance this will be implemented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-01-04 18:23:05] davidc at blesys dot com Description: ------------ I desire a NullPointerException to be thrown, like in Java. Currently, a fatal error triggers, stopping my entire application. Many times an object may be null, but the application can continue. In addition, if an exception were thrown, I could trace it to see why the exception occured. Reproduce code: --------------- $j=null; $j->someMethod(); Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Call to a member function someMethod() on a non-object in file.php on line 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26789&edit=1
