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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/classobj.xml, last change in rev 1.4 -->
 <refentry id="function.is-subclass-of">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>is_subclass_of</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Returns &true; if the object has this class as one of its parents
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>bool</type><methodname>is_subclass_of</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>object</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>class_name</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     This function returns &true; if the object 
     <parameter>object</parameter>, belongs to a class which is a 
     subclass of <parameter>class_name</parameter>, &false; otherwise.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      Since PHP 5.0.3 you may also specify the <parameter>object</parameter>
      parameter as a string (the name of the class).
     </para>
    </note>
    <para>
      <example>
        <title><function>is_subclass_of</function> example</title>
        <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// define a class
class WidgetFactory
{
  var $oink = 'moo';
}

// define a child class
class WidgetFactory_Child extends WidgetFactory
{
  var $oink = 'oink';
}

// create a new object
$WF = new WidgetFactory();
$WFC = new WidgetFactory_Child();

if (is_subclass_of($WFC, 'WidgetFactory')) {
  echo "yes, \$WFC is a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
} else {
  echo "no, \$WFC is not a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
}


if (is_subclass_of($WF, 'WidgetFactory')) {
  echo "yes, \$WF is a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
} else {
  echo "no, \$WF is not a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
}


// usable only since PHP 5.0.3
if (is_subclass_of('WidgetFactory_Child', 'WidgetFactory')) {
  echo "yes, WidgetFactory_Child is a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
} else {
  echo "no, WidgetFactory_Child is not a subclass of WidgetFactory\n";
}
?>
]]>
        </programlisting>
        &example.outputs;
        <screen>
<![CDATA[
yes, $WFC is a subclass of WidgetFactory
no, $WF is not a subclass of WidgetFactory
yes, WidgetFactory_Child is a subclass of WidgetFactory
]]>
      </screen>
     </example>
    </para>
    <simpara>
     See also <function>get_class</function>, 
     <function>get_parent_class</function> and 
     <function>is_a</function>.
    </simpara>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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