Finds whether a variable is an object

# is_object

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

is_object — Finds whether a variable is an object

### Description

is_object(mixed `$value`): bool

Finds whether the given variable is an object.

### Parameters

`value`

  The variable being evaluated.

### Return Values

Returns `true` if `value` is an object, `false` otherwise.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
7.2.0 | is_object() now returns `true` for unserialized objects without a class definition (class of __PHP_Incomplete_Class). Previously `false` was returned.

### Examples

Example #1 is_object() example

`<?php
// Declare a simple function to return an
// array from our object
function get_students($obj)
{
if (!is_object($obj)) {
return false;
}
return $obj->students;
}
// Declare a new class instance and fill up
// some values
$obj = new stdClass();
$obj->students = array('Kalle', 'Ross', 'Felipe');
var_dump(get_students(null));
var_dump(get_students($obj));
?>`

### See Also

- is_bool() - Finds out whether a variable is a boolean
- is_int() - Find whether the type of a variable is integer
- is_float() - Finds whether the type of a variable is float
- is_string() - Find whether the type of a variable is string
- is_array() - Finds whether a variable is an array

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