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		scandinavian on Feb 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New in PHP 8 https://3v4l.org/saHj2 However you could just catch Exception. Not sure why a parse error is a "Fatal error".

gnud on Feb 3, 2020 [–]

A PHP parse error (of your code) is a fatal error.

A xml parsing error in the SimpleXmlElement constructor is not a fatal error - it throws an exception.

An uncaught exception is a fatal error.

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