diff --git a/extension/Classes/Core/Exception/AbstractException.php b/extension/Classes/Core/Exception/AbstractException.php
index 1b8827a1ae7c8ec24a84ec925a70b754f797f556..f43e0edfe89640561756b28917011208097e68fb 100644
--- a/extension/Classes/Core/Exception/AbstractException.php
+++ b/extension/Classes/Core/Exception/AbstractException.php
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ class AbstractException extends \Exception {
                     $arrMerged[ERROR_MESSAGE_TO_DEVELOPER] = QuickFormQuery::buildInlineReport(\UserReportException::$report_uid,
                             \UserReportException::$report_pathFileName,  \UserReportException::$report_bodytext,
                             \UserReportException::$report_header) . $arrMerged[ERROR_MESSAGE_TO_DEVELOPER];
-                } catch (\Error $e) {
-                    $arrMerged[ERROR_MESSAGE_TO_DEVELOPER] .= "<br>(inline report editor not available)";
-                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                } catch (\Error | \Exception $e) {
                     $arrMerged[ERROR_MESSAGE_TO_DEVELOPER] .= "<br>(inline report editor not available)";
                 }
 
diff --git a/extension/Classes/Core/Report/ColumnScript.php b/extension/Classes/Core/Report/ColumnScript.php
index 85b1deaaf81ea485d313f1192e9eb23aa6ba009c..9305f9c1f769b0375898494d6a937eee86412775 100644
--- a/extension/Classes/Core/Report/ColumnScript.php
+++ b/extension/Classes/Core/Report/ColumnScript.php
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ class ColumnScript {
                 // this will be caught bellow
                 throw new \Exception('Include failed.');
             }
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            Thrower::userReportException('Error during reading script file.', "Error message:\n" . $e->getMessage());
-        } catch (\Error $e) {
+        } catch (\Exception | \Error $e) {
             Thrower::userReportException('Error during reading script file.', "Error message:\n" . $e->getMessage());
         }
 
@@ -78,11 +76,7 @@ class ColumnScript {
         try {
             $return = call_user_func_array($param[TOKEN_FUNCTION_CALL], [$param, new ScriptFunctions()]);
             $output = ob_get_clean();
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            ob_end_clean();
-            Thrower::userReportException('Function execution failed.',
-                "Error message:\n" . $e->getMessage() . "\n\nFunction: " . $param[TOKEN_FUNCTION_CALL] . "\n\nParameters:\n" . print_r($param,true));
-        } catch (\Error $e) {
+        } catch (\Exception | \Error $e) {
             ob_end_clean();
             Thrower::userReportException('Function execution failed.',
                 "Error message:\n" . $e->getMessage() . "\n\nFunction: " . $param[TOKEN_FUNCTION_CALL] . "\n\nParameters:\n" . print_r($param,true));
diff --git a/extension/NoT3Page/index.php b/extension/NoT3Page/index.php
index 7eb473fde371c2dd43383099672ca18b5327e022..7e6f2e105cb018174d4435454b829e1797b4a7c0 100644
--- a/extension/NoT3Page/index.php
+++ b/extension/NoT3Page/index.php
@@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ try {
 } catch (\DownloadException $e) {
     $html = $e->formatMessage();
 
-} catch (\Error $e) {
-    $html = "Generic Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . (IS_DEBUG ? ("<br>" . nl2br($e->getTraceAsString())) : '');
-} catch (\Exception $e) {
+} catch (\Error | \Exception $e) {
     $html = "Generic Exception: " . $e->getMessage() . (IS_DEBUG ? ("<br>" . nl2br($e->getTraceAsString())) : '');
 }