is_object
is_object
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
is_object — Finds whether a variable is an object
Description
bool is_object ( mixed $var )
Finds whether the given variable is an object.
Parameters
var
The variable being evaluated.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if var is an object, FALSE otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 is_object() example
<?php
// Declare a simple function to return an
// array from our object
function get_students($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)
?>
Notes
Note: This function will returnFALSEif used on an unserialized object where the class definition is not present (even though gettype() returns object).
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
← is_numeric
is_real →
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