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php.jsThis article is part of the 'Porting PHP to Javascript' Project, which aims to decrease the gap between developing for PHP & Javascript.

A lot of people are familiar with PHP's functions, and though Javascript functions are often quite similar, some functions may be missing or addressed differently. The Javascript implementations should be as compliant with the PHP versions as possible, a good indication is that the PHP function manual could also apply to the Javascript version.

Porting crucial PHP functions to Javascript can be fun & useful. Currently some PHP functions have been added, but readers are encouraged to contribute and improve functions by adding comments. Eventually the goal is to save all the functions in one php.js file and make it publicly available for your coding pleasure.

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This is a Javascript version of the PHP function: is_object.

I have moved out PHP.JS to it's own site. For info & reactions on comments please goto phpjs.org

PHP is_object

Description

is_object - Finds whether a variable is an object

bool is_object ( mixed var)

Finds whether the given variable is an object.

Parameters

  • var

    The variable being evaluated.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if var is an object, FALSE otherwise.

See Also

Javascript is_object

Source

This is the main source of the Javascript version of PHP's is_object

function is_object( mixed_var ){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Legaev Andrey
    // +   improved by: Michael White (http://getsprink.com)
    // *     example 1: is_object('23');
    // *     returns 1: false
    // *     example 2: is_object({foo: 'bar'});
    // *     returns 2: true
    // *     example 3: is_object(null);
    // *     returns 3: false
 
    if(mixed_var instanceof Array) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return (mixed_var !== null) && (typeof( mixed_var ) == 'object');
    }
}

Examples

Currently there are 3 examples

Example 1

This is how you could call is_object()
is_object('23');
And that would return
false

Example 2

This is how you could call is_object()
is_object({foo: 'bar'});
And that would return
true

Example 3

This is how you could call is_object()
is_object(null);
And that would return
false

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medalmedalBrett Zamir (link) for contributing to:
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 end, reset, file, file_get_contents, function_exists, include, include_once, http_build_query, is_array, is_object
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 array_shift, array_unshift, str_ireplace, str_split, strcasecmp, stripos, strnatcmp, substr
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 array_merge, array_sum, array_unique, pathinfo, addslashes, echo, strncasecmp
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 file, file_exists, file_get_contents, filesize
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 convert_uuencode, convert_uuencode, quoted_printable_decode, str_word_count
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 rawurldecode, rawurlencode, urldecode, urlencode
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 get_html_translation_table, strip_tags, is_int
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 array_map, define, levenshtein
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 krsort, ksort, time
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 array_walk, array_walk_recursive, create_function
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 array_unique, wordwrap, rawurlencode
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 array, explode, unserialize
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 parse_str, parse_str, http_build_query
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 urldecode, urlencode
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 array_reduce, strpbrk
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 base64_decode, utf8_decode
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 serialize, unserialize
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 gettimeofday, localtime
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 strtotime, strtotime
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 strtotime, is_numeric
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 gettimeofday, localtime
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 get_html_translation_table, gettype
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 array_reverse, abs
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 urldecode, urlencode
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 mktime, strip_tags
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 htmlspecialchars, htmlspecialchars_decode
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 str_replace, str_replace
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 base64_decode, base64_encode
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 json_decode, json_encode
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 strlen, wordwrap
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 strcmp, strncmp
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 trim, parse_url
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 base64_decode, base64_encode
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 base64_decode, base64_encode
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 date, idate
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 strcmp, strncmp
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 include, trim
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 array_diff_assoc
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 trim
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 number_format
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 setcookie
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 serialize
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 str_replace
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 htmlspecialchars
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 nl2br
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 base64_encode
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 print_r
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 number_format
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 strftime
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 setlocale
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 strip_tags
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 date
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 date
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 parse_str
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 timezone_abbreviations_list
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 sleep
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 is_array
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 strpos
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 get_class
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 echo
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 serialize
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 number_format
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 gettype
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 trim
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 strip_tags
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 echo
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 mktime
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 array_key_exists
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 empty
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 htmlspecialchars_decode
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 isset
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 str_replace
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 serialize
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 array_sum
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 number_format
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 exit
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 end
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 import_request_variables
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 strlen
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 strnatcasecmp
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 empty
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 rand
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 basename
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 bin2hex
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 strip_tags
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 number_format
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 is_array
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 empty
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 get_html_translation_table
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 strnatcasecmp
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 htmlspecialchars_decode
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 is_int
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 date
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 stripslashes
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 htmlspecialchars
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 wordwrap
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 utf8_decode
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#5. Kevin on 03 March 2008

Member avatar: Kevin@ Michael White: Good point, added!

#4. Michael White on 03 March 2008

Default avatar:Michael WhiteWhy do I make things more complicated than they really are? Here is a much more sensible version that based on the content of the is_array() method. I apologize for polluting your message boards with the previous post. 

function is_object( mixed_var ){
  if(mixed_var instanceof Array) {
    return false;
  } else {
    return (mixed_var !== null) && (typeof( mixed_var ) == 'object');
  }
}


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#3. Michael White on 03 March 2008

Default avatar:Michael WhiteI found a way to detect the difference between objects and arrays. There is an incredibly slight change that you pass an array to this function and it still returns true but I'll explain that after the code. 

alert("Obj: " + is_object({foo: "bar"}));
alert("Arr: " + is_object(["foo", "bar"]));
 
function is_object( mixed_var ){
  if(typeof(mixed_var.join) != "function") {
      return (mixed_var !== null) && (typeof( mixed_var ) == 'object');
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}


Ok, this works by checking to see if there is a property of the array named "join" that contains a function object. If not then we know this is an object. If it is then we can reasonably assume that it is an array. I chose the join() method of arrays simply because it has been implemented since Netscape 3.0 and IE 3.0 and so should exist if you are working with an array.

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#2. Kevin on 01 March 2008

Member avatar: Kevin@ Legaev Andrey: updated, thanks again Legaev!

#1. Legaev Andrey on 01 March 2008

Default avatar:Legaev AndreyHi
I found few errors:
1. typeof null returns 'object', but this is not an object.
2. Original PHP function returns false if you pass array as parameter, but in JS returns 'object'. If we want fully emulate PHP function we should handle this case. 

function is_object( mixed_var ){
    return (mixed_var !== null) && (typeof( mixed_var ) == 'object');
}