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is_object

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

is_objectFinds whether a variable is an object


Description

is_object ( mixed $var ) : bool

Finds whether the given variable is an object.


Parameters

var
The variable being evaluated.


Return Values

Returns TRUE if var is an object, FALSE otherwise.


Examples

Example #1 is_object() example

<?php// Declare a simple function to return an // array from our objectfunction get_students($obj){    if (!is_object($obj)) {        return false;    }    return $obj->students;}// Declare a new class instance and fill up // some values$obj = new stdClass();$obj->students = array('Kalle', 'Ross', 'Felipe');var_dump(get_students(null));var_dump(get_students($obj));?>

Changelog

Version Description
7.2.0 is_object() now returns TRUE for unserialized objects without

a class definition (class of __PHP_Incomplete_Class). Previously FALSE was returned.


See Also

  • is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
  • is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
  • is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
  • is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
  • is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array