call_user_method
If you want to combat many class includes effectively, define your own autoloader function and spl_autoload_register() that autoloader.
class_exists
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
class_exists — Checks if the class has been defined
Description
bool class_exists
( string $class_name
[, bool $autoload
] )
This function checks whether or not the given class has been defined.
Parameters
- class_name
-
The class name. The name is matched in a case-insensitive manner.
- autoload
-
Whether or not to call __autoload by default. Defaults to TRUE.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if class_name is a defined class, FALSE otherwise.
ChangeLog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.0.2 | No longer returns TRUE for defined interfaces. Use interface_exists(). |
| 5.0.0 | The autoload parameter was added. |
Examples
Example #1 class_exists() example
<?php
// Check that the class exists before trying to use it
if (class_exists('MyClass')) {
$myclass = new MyClass();
}
?>
Example #2 autoload parameter example
<?php
function __autoload($class)
{
include($class . '.php');
// Check to see whether the include declared the class
if (!class_exists($class, false)) {
trigger_error("Unable to load class: $class", E_USER_WARNING);
}
}
if (class_exists('MyClass')) {
$myclass = new MyClass();
}
?>
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User Contributed Notesclass_exists
Radek @ cz
06-May-2008 02:43
06-May-2008 02:43
richard at richard-sumilang dot com
27-Mar-2008 08:56
27-Mar-2008 08:56
[ >= PHP 5.3]
If you are checking if a class exists that is in a specific namespace then you have to pass in the full path to the class:
echo (class_exists("com::richardsumilang::common::MyClass")) ? "Yes" : "No";
Frayja
01-Jun-2006 09:42
01-Jun-2006 09:42
Like someone else pointed out class_exists() is case-INsensitive.
Using in_array() which is case-sensitive, the following function is a case-sensitive version of class_exists().
<?php
function class_exists_sensitive( $classname )
{
return ( class_exists( $classname ) && in_array( $classname, get_declared_classes() ) );
}
?>
06-Apr-2004 01:04
Just a note that at least PHP 4.3.1 seems to crash under some situations if you call class_exists($foo) where $foo is an array (that is, the calling code is incorrect but the error recovery is far from perfect).
anonymous at somewhere dot tld
17-Jul-2003 08:20
17-Jul-2003 08:20
If you have a directory of classes you want to create. (Modules in my instance)... you can do it like that
<?php
if (is_dir($this->MODULE_PATH) && $dh = opendir($this->MODULE_PATH)) {
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
if (preg_match("/(Mod[a-zA-Z0-9]+).php/", $file, $matches)>0) {
// include and create the class
require_once($this->MODULE_PATH."/".$file);
$modules[] = new $matches[1]();
}
}
} else {
exit;
}
?>
//---
Here the rule is that all modules are on the form
ModModulename.php and that the class has the same name as the file.
The $modules array has all the classes initialized after this code