ReflectionClass
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ReflectionClass::isInstance

Checks class for instance

Description

public bool ReflectionClass::isInstance(object $object)

Checks 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";
}

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

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

The above example will output something similar to:

Yes
Yes
Yes

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