Bug #60697 [Com]: gettype() cann't distinguish object and function?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60697&edit=1 ID: 60697 Comment by: a at b dot c dot de Reported by: hfcorriez at gmail dot com Summary: gettype() cann't distinguish object and function? Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: all PHP Version: 5.3.8 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: If you want to tell if something is a function (i.e. callable), use is_callable(). If you want to tell if something is an object and callable, use is_object and is_callable(). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-10 08:44:19] hfcorriez at gmail dot com I think it's not good for use When I want to check function and call witch $a(), I must check it's a object and the class name is "Closure" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-10 08:20:50] cataphract@php.net "function" is not a type. See http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-10 05:25:13] hfcorriez at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I create a lambda function with a variable, then check it type with gettype , it's return "object", It think it's not good in here. Test script: --------------- $a = function(){}; $b = new stdClass(); echo gettype($a) . '|' . gettype($b); // echo 'object|object' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60697&edit=1