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	Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

class_implements

(PHP 5)

class_implements -- Return the interfaces which are implemented by the given class

Description

array class_implements ( mixed class [, bool autoload] )

This function returns an array with the names of the interfaces that the given class and its parents implement.

Parameters

class: An object (class instance) or a string (class name).
autoload: Whether to allow this function to load the class automatically through the __autoload magic method. Defaults to TRUE.

Return Values

Returns an array or FALSE on error.

ChangeLog

Version	Description
5.1.0	Added the option to pass the `class` parameter as a string. Added the `autoload` parameter.

Examples

Example 1. class_implements() example

<?php

interface foo { }
class bar implements foo {}

print_r(class_implements(new bar));

// since PHP 5.1 you may also specify the parameter as a string
print_r(class_implements('bar'));


function __autoload($class_name) {
   require_once $class_name . '.php';
}

// use __autoload to load the 'not_loaded' class
print_r(class_implements('not_loaded', true));

?>

The above example will output something similar to: