diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/bug44295.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/general_functions/bug44295.phpt
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+--TEST--
+user defined error handler + set_error_handling(EH_THROW)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("spl") || is_dir('/this/path/does/not/exist')) die("skip"); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$dir = '/this/path/does/not/exist';
+
+set_error_handler('my_error_handler');
+function my_error_handler() {$a = func_get_args(); print "in error handler\n"; }
+
+try {
+        print "before\n";
+        $iter = new DirectoryIterator($dir);
+        print get_class($iter) . "\n";
+        print "after\n";
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+        print "in catch: ".$e->getMessage()."\n";
+}
+?>
+==DONE==
+<?php exit(0); ?>
+--EXPECT--
+before
+in catch: DirectoryIterator::__construct(/this/path/does/not/exist): failed to open dir: No such file or directory
+==DONE==