Php/docs/reflectionclass.isinstance
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ReflectionClass::isInstance
(PHP 5, PHP 7)
ReflectionClass::isInstance — Checks class for instance
Description
public ReflectionClass::isInstance
( object $object
) : bool
Checks if an object is an instance of a class.
Parameters
object- The object being compared to.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 ReflectionClass::isInstance() related examples
<?php// Example usage$class = new ReflectionClass('Foo');if ($class->isInstance($arg)) { echo "Yes";}// Equivalent toif ($arg instanceof Foo) { echo "Yes";}// Equivalent toif (is_a($arg, 'Foo')) { echo "Yes";}?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Yes Yes Yes
See Also
- ReflectionClass::isInterface() - Checks if the class is an interface
- Type operators (instanceof)
- Object Interfaces
- is_a() - Checks if the object is of this class or has this class as one of its parents
