--TEST-- Ensure that extending of undefined class throws the exception --FILE-- <?php try { class A extends B {} } catch (Error $e) { var_dump(class_exists('A')); var_dump(class_exists('B')); throw $e; } ?> --EXPECTF-- bool(false) bool(false) Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class "B" not found in %s:%d Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in %s on line %d