    is_object (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
is_object — Finds whether a variable is an object   Description is_object(mixed $value): bool  Finds whether the given variable is an object.    Parameters
  value
   The variable being evaluated.      Return Values  Returns true if value is an object, false otherwise.    Changelog
   Version Description     7.2.0  is_object() now returns true for unserialized objects without a class definition (class of __PHP_Incomplete_Class). Previously false was returned.       Examples
 Example #1 is_object() example  <?php
// Declare a simple function to return an 
// array from our object
function get_students($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));
?>     See Also
 is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array   


    
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