Re: [PHP4BETA] Catching object instantiation error

On Thu, 25 May 2000, Anh (Ly) Vuong wrote: > Hello, > > Hope someone out there can help me. > > I am trying to catch error or prevent from instantiate a non existing > object class. I use: > > class A > { > ... > } > > $className = "A"; > $obj = new $className; > ... > $className = "B"; > $obj = new $className; > > > I would like to catch the error in the second part of the code, is there > a function to check if the class definition exist before the > instantiation? Yes, class_exists($classname) will give you what you want. -Andrei * Change is the only constant. *