note 101429 modified in reflectionclass.getparentclass by danbrown

From: Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:14:47 +0000
Subject: note 101429 modified in reflectionclass.getparentclass by danbrown
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Here is a "replacement" for is_a that will additionally look both into the extended classes and in the implemented interfaces <?php /** * Check if a class extends or implements a specific class/interface * @param string $search The class or interface name to look for * @param string $className The class name of the object to compare to * @return bool */ function IsExtendsOrImplements( $search, $className ) { $class = new ReflectionClass( $className ); if( false === $class ) { return false; } do { $name = $class->getName(); if( $search == $name ) { return true; } $interfaces = $class->getInterfaceNames(); if( is_array( $interfaces ) && in_array( $search, $interfaces )) { return true; } $class = $class->getParentClass(); } while( false !== $class ); return false; } ?> --was-- Here is a "replacement" for is_a that will additionally look both into the extended classes and in the implemented interfaces /** * Check if a class extends or implements a specific class/interface * @param string $search The class or interface name to look for * @param string $className The class name of the object to compare to * @return bool */ function IsExtendsOrImplements( $search, $className ) { $class = new ReflectionClass( $className ); if( false === $class ) { return false; } do { $name = $class->getName(); if( $search == $name ) { return true; } $interfaces = $class->getInterfaceNames(); if( is_array( $interfaces ) && in_array( $search, $interfaces )) { return true; } $class = $class->getParentClass(); } while( false !== $class ); return false; } http://php.net/manual/en/reflectionclass.getparentclass.php

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