PHP Errors: Execution Stops

• Testing function that causes a PHP notice
• PHPUnit turns the notice into an exception
• Immediately halts method execution

function some_procedure() {
    echo "$nada\n";  // Execution stops here!
    return 'Hello!';
}

/**
 * @expectedException PHPUnit_Framework_Error
 * @expectedExceptionMessage Notice: Undefined variable: nada
 */
public function test_error() {
    $actual = some_procedure();
    $this->assertEquals('Hello!', $actual);  // This assertion is never run!
}