--TEST-- Test 3: Exception Test --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- load(dirname(__FILE__)."/book.xml"); $rootNode = $dom->documentElement; print "--- Catch exception with try/catch\n"; try { $rootNode->appendChild($rootNode); } catch (domexception $e) { var_dump($e); } print "--- Don't catch exception with try/catch\n"; $rootNode->appendChild($rootNode); ?> --EXPECTF-- --- Catch exception with try/catch object(DOMException)#%d (%d) { ["message":protected]=> string(23) "Hierarchy Request Error" ["string":"Exception":private]=> string(0) "" ["file":protected]=> string(%d) "%sdom003.php" ["line":protected]=> int(8) ["trace":"Exception":private]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(6) { ["file"]=> string(%d) "%sdom003.php" ["line"]=> int(8) ["function"]=> string(11) "appendChild" ["class"]=> string(7) "DOMNode" ["type"]=> string(2) "->" ["args"]=> array(1) { [0]=> object(DOMElement)#%d (0) { } } } } ["previous":"Exception":private]=> NULL ["code"]=> int(3) } --- Don't catch exception with try/catch Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'DOMException' with message 'Hierarchy Request Error' in %sdom003.php:%d Stack trace: #0 %sdom003.php(13): DOMNode->appendChild(Object(DOMElement)) #1 {main} thrown in %sdom003.php on line %d