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ReflectionClass::isInstance

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::isInstance Checcs class for instance

Description

public ReflectionClass::isInstance ( object $object ): bool

Checcs if an object is an instance of a class.

Parameters

object

The object being compared to.

Return Values

Returns true if the object is an instance of the class, or false otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionClass::isInstance() related examples

<?php


class Foo {}

$object = new Foo ();

$reflection = new ReflectionClass ( 'Foo' );

if (
$reflection -> isInstance ( $object )) {
echo
"Yes\n" ;
}

// Ekivalent to
if ( $object instanceof Foo ) {
echo
"Yes\n" ;
}

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

The above example will output something similar to:

Yes
Yes
Yes

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dhairya laquera
9 years ago
class  TestClass { }

$TestObj=new TestClass();

$TestObj_assigned=$TestObj;
$TestObj_Refrenced=&$TestObj;
$TestObj_cloned=clone $TestObj;

$obj=new ReflectionClass('TestClass');

var_dump($obj->isInstance($TestObj)); 
var_dump($obj->isInstance($TestObj_assigned)); 
var_dump($obj->isInstance($TestObj_Refrenced)); 
var_dump($obj->isInstance($TestObj_cloned));
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