PHP : Get the type, resource name, or class name of a variable.

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get_var_type

(PHP 5 >= 5.4)
get_var_type — Get the type, resource name, or class name of a variable.

Description

string get_var_type( mixed &$var )

Returns the type (name if an object or resource) of the PHP variable var.

Based on Pavel Lang's get_type() function.

Parameters

• var — The variable being type checked.

Return Values

If the given var is:

• a resource, this function will return the value from get_resource_type()
• an object, this function will return the value from get_class()
• else, this function will return the value from gettype()

Examples

Example #1 get_var_type() example

$data = array(1, 1., NULL, new ArrayIterator, 'foo', mysql_connect());

foreach ($data as $value) {
    echo gettype($value), "\n";
}

The above example will output something similar to:

integer
double
NULL
ArrayIterator
string
mysql link

Installation

With Composer

$ composer require mcaskill/php-get-var-type

Without Composer

Why are you not using composer? Download Function.Fallback.php from the gist and save the file into your project path somewhere.

composer.json

{
  "name": "mcaskill/php-get-var-type",
  "description": "Get the type, resource name, or class name of a variable.",
  "license": "MIT",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Chauncey McAskill",
      "email": "chauncey@mcaskill.ca",
      "homepage": "https://github.com/mcaskill"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "function"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "branch-alias": {
      "dev-master": "1.x-dev"
    }
  },
  "require": {
    "php": ">=5.4.0"
  },
  "autoload": {
    "files": ["Function.Get-Var-Type.php"]
  }
}

Function.Get-Var-Type.php

<?php

if (!function_exists('get_var_type')) {
	/**
	 * Get the type, resource name, or class name of a variable.
	 *
	 * Returns the type (name if an object or resource) of the PHP variable $var.
	 *
	 * @link   http://php.net/manual/en/function.gettype.php#104224
	 * @param  mixed $var The variable being type checked.
	 * @return string
	 */
	function get_var_type($var)
	{
		if (is_object($var)) {
			return get_class($var);
		}

		if (is_resource($var)) {
			return get_resource_type($var);
		}

		return gettype($var);
	}
}