(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_a — Checks whether the object is of a given type or subtype
Checks if the given object_or_class
is of this object type or has
this object type as one of its supertypes.
object_or_class
A class name or an object instance.
class
The class or interface name
allow_string
If this parameter set to false
, string class name as object_or_class
is not allowed. This also prevents from calling autoloader if the class doesn't exist.
Returns true
if the object is of this object type or has this object type as one of
its supertypes, false
otherwise.
Example #1 is_a() example
<?php
// define a class
class WidgetFactory
{
var $oink = 'moo';
}
// create a new object
$WF = new WidgetFactory();
if (is_a($WF, 'WidgetFactory')) {
echo "yes, \$WF is still a WidgetFactory\n";
}
?>
Example #2 Using the instanceof operator
<?php
if ($WF instanceof WidgetFactory) {
echo 'Yes, $WF is a WidgetFactory';
}
?>