--TEST-- Catching an exception in a constructor fired form a static method --FILE-- <?php class MyObject { function fail() { throw new Exception(); } function __construct() { self::fail(); echo __METHOD__ . "() Must not be reached\n"; } function __destruct() { echo __METHOD__ . "() Must not be called\n"; } } try { new MyObject(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo "Caught\n"; } ?> ===DONE=== --EXPECT-- Caught ===DONE===