is_subclass_of Returns &true; if the object has this class as one of its parents Description boolis_subclass_of mixedobject stringclass_name This function returns &true; if the object object, belongs to a class which is a subclass of class_name, &false; otherwise. Since PHP 5.0.3 you may also specify the object parameter as a string (the name of the class). <function>is_subclass_of</function> example ]]> &example.outputs; See also get_class, get_parent_class and is_a.