[SOLVED] instance of an object

[thefortrees]

Hi all -

 

Is there any way to check to see if an object is an instance of a specific class?

 

For example, in Java there is an instanceof operator...

 

if (myObject instanceof classThatCreatesObject)
     //do cool stuff here

 

Thanks

[akitchin]

google's a wonderful thing:

 

http://ca.php.net/is_a

 

note that it's deprecated in favour of the instanceof operator in PHP 5, so take care to use the latter if you're on PHP 5.