PHP alternative syntax for try-catch

Question

PHP has an alternative syntax for control structures ( http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php ) and I've been used it very often lately until I got stuck looking for an alternative syntax for try-catch.

Is there any alternative syntax for try-catch? If not, does anyone know why PHP doesn't include it as one of its feature, given it has alternative for other structures?

Answer 1

There is no such alternative syntax because IMHO try/catch instruction is not a control conditional structure like if, switch,... The catch block just handles exception.

From php documentation :

Code may be surrounded in a try block, to facilitate the catching of potential exceptions

Answer 2

No, there isn't an alternative syntax for try-catch. Why? No one's asked for it. You can take the first step and open an RFC .