Bug #17952: is_a returns false if class is a superclass of the object.

From: sven@devcon.net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.2.1 PHP Bug Type: Class/Object related Bug description: is_a returns false if class is a superclass of the object. is_a() behaves like return get_class($object) == strtolower($class); but should behave like return get_class($object) == strtolower($class) || is_subclass_of($object, $class); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17952&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17952&r=globals