Exception problems

[moon 111]

For some reason the following code is giving me a fatal error instead of an exception.

 

<?php

try {
    $instance = new NonexistentClass;
} catch(Exception $error) {
    echo $error->getMessage();
}

?>

 

Whats the problem?

Thanks

[thebadbad]

I'm totally new to exceptions in PHP, but aren't you supposed to throw exceptions yourself? E.g. with a function:

 

<?php
class someName {
//defined class
}
function validate($class) {
if (!class_exists($class)) {
	throw new Exception("Class \"$class\" doesn't exist.");
} else {
	echo 'Class "', $class, '" exists.<br />';
}
}
try {
validate('someName');
validate('NonexistentClass');
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ', $e->getMessage();
}
?>

 

Output:

Class "someName" exists.
Error: Class "NonexistentClass" doesn't exist.

 

In case I just don't get it yet, disregard what I said