SimpleSAML_exception_handler() must be an instance of Exception, instance of Error given

Question

I'm trying to test authenticate my SimpleSAML IDP installation with Google, but unfortunately I am received the following error log:

...SimpleSAML_exception_handler() must be an instance of Exception, instance of Error given in simplesamlphp/www/_include.php:32\nStack trace:\n#0 [internal function]...

The line this is referring to begins with the following;

function SimpleSAML_exception_handler(Exception $exception){
    if ($exception instanceof SimpleSAML_Error_Error) 
    {
            $exception->show();
    } 
    else 
    {
            $e = new SimpleSAML_Error_Error('UNHANDLEDEXCEPTION', $exception);
            $e->show();
    }
}
set_exception_handler('SimpleSAML_exception_handler');

I am running Ubuntu 16.04, Apache 2.4.18, PHP 7.0, SimpleSAML 1.14.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '17 at 20:44

You need to upgrade to SSP 1.14.5. According to the change log

Fixed the exception handler to be compatible with PHP 7.

There are further improvements for php 7 compatibility in later versions of SSP, so you are better off installing the latest version.

SimpleSAML_exception_handler() must be an instance of Exception, instance of Error given

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