Throwing exception within exception handler
<?php

class ExceptionHandler
{
    private $rethrow;
    public function __construct()
    {
        set_exception_handler(array($this, 'handler'));
    }
    public function handler($exception)
    {
        echo  "cleaning up.n";
        $this->rethrow = $exception;
    }
    public function __destruct()
    {
        if ($this->rethrow) throw $this->rethrow;
    }
}

$handler = new ExceptionHandler;

throw new Exception();

[29-Oct-2011 xx:32:25] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' in /.../test-exception.php:23
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
thrown in /.../test-exception.php on line 23

try {
    $foo->doSomethingToCauseException();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    error_log($e->getMessage());
    throw $e;
}