ReflectionClass::isInstance

(PHP 5, PHP 7)
Checks class for instance
public bool ReflectionClass::isInstance ( object $object )

Checks if an object is an instance of a class.

Parameters:
object

The object being compared to.

Returns:

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:
ReflectionClass::isInstance() related examples
<?php
// Example usage
$class = new ReflectionClass('Foo');

if ($class->isInstance($arg)) {
    echo "Yes";
}

// Equivalent to
if ($arg instanceof Foo) {
    echo "Yes";
}

// Equivalent to
if (is_a($arg, 'Foo')) {
    echo "Yes";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Yes
Yes
Yes
See also:

ReflectionClass::isInterface() -

Type operators (instanceof) -

Object Interfaces -

is_a() -

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2016-02-24 16:13:24
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