如何捕获require errors + error_handlers

Question

I am trying to use the set_error_handler function to capture require errors.
while my custom error_handler is being used, the context seems completely off, although the trace is correct.

<?php
function error_handler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline){
    throw new Exception($errstr);
}

set_error_handler('error_handler');


try{
    trigger_error("somethign",E_USER_NOTICE);
}catch(Exception $e){
    echo "I got caught";
}


try{
    require "something/that/does/not/exists.php";
}catch(Exception $e){
    echo "I got caught";
}

As can be seen, when I trigger the first error, it triggers the error_handler which in turn is throwing an exception. Which is caught in the first try-catch.

The second time, where I try to include an un-existing file, again the error_handler is used, but the exception is not caught.
What is going on here?

I am using php 5.5.*
Tested in CLI mode.

Answer 1

Just read the documentation:

require is identical to include except upon failure it will also produce a fatal E_COMPILE_ERROR level error. In other words, it will halt the script

(http://php.net/manual/en/function.require.php)

That means, the script execution is aborted when this error is encountered. Your custom error handler will be used but throw will be ignore because that assumes further execution which is not allowed at this point.