php is_subclass_of,PHP is_subclass_of 用法 手册 | 示例代码

The $allow_string parameter is not very clearly documented. When true, it simply allows the first parameter to be the name of a class, instead of an object whose class we are interested in.

Some usage examples:

class parent_class {

// objects and methods ...

}

$possible_child_object = new possible_child_class(); // might be an extension of parent_class

$result = is_subclass_of($possible_child_object, 'parent_class'); //  valid

$result = is_subclass_of($possible_child_object, 'parent_class', false); //  valid

$result = is_subclass_of('possible_child_class', 'parent_class', true); // valid

$result = is_subclass_of('possible_child_class', 'parent_class', false); // not valid