Check if a variable is an object in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to check if a variable is an object.
Example
<?php// www . j a v a 2 s . com
//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));
?>
The code above generates the following result.
