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* There are now two exception classes: Exception and Error. Both classes
- implement a new interface Throwable. Typehints in exception handling code
+ implement a new interface Throwable. Type hints in exception handling code
may need to be changed to account for this.
* Some fatal errors and recoverable fatal errors now throw an Error instead.
For the recoverable fatal errors which have been converted into an exception,
it is no longer possible to silently ignore the error from an error handler.
- In particular, it is no longer possible to ignore typehint failures.
+ In particular, it is no longer possible to ignore type hint failures.
* Parser errors now generate a ParseError that extends Error. Error
handling for eval()s on potentially invalid code should be changed to catch
Relevant RFCs:
* https://wiki.php.net/rfc/engine_exceptions_for_php7
+* https://wiki.php.net/rfc/throwable-interface
* https://wiki.php.net/rfc/internal_constructor_behaviour
* https://wiki.php.net/rfc/reclassify_e_strict