php man page for is_object

Query: is_object

OS: php

Section: 3

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IS_OBJECT(3)								 1							      IS_OBJECT(3)

is_object - Finds whether a variable is an object

SYNOPSIS
bool is_object (mixed $var)
DESCRIPTION
Finds whether the given variable is an object.
PARAMETERS
o $var - The variable being evaluated.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $var is an object, FALSE otherwise.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 is_object(3) example <?php // Declare a simple function to return an // array from our object function get_students($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 return FALSE if used on an unserialized object where the class definition is not present (even though gettype(3) returns object).
SEE ALSO
is_bool(3), is_int(3), is_float(3), is_string(3), is_array(3). PHP Documentation Group IS_OBJECT(3)
Related Man Pages
is_numeric(3) - php
gettype(3) - php
var_export(3) - php
serializable(3) - php
xslt_set_object(3) - php
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