On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:22:54 +0200 David Zülke <david.zue...@bitextender.com> wrote:
> On 29.06.2011, at 22:20, Paul Dragoonis wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Ralph Schindler <ra...@smashlabs.com> > > wrote: > >> Correct. > >> > >> I was hasty in that example, the first was copied & tested (and is > >> reflected > >> in the test, as is that variation of what I wrote up.) > >> > >> Either way, test and patch work in 5_3. > > > > Doesn't this functionality confuse matters? > > > > If this patch is added, is there now no difference between instanceof > > and is_subclass_of(). If this is the case my question is then why do > > we have two methods to do the same thing? > > > > I thought instanceof was for parent classes + interfaces.. and > > is_subclass_of() was just for parent classes. > > instanceof is a language construct and only operates on object instances. > > David > > plus there is a difference if $a is a User is_subclass_of($a, 'User') returns false, $a instanceof User returns true. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
