method_exists

(PHP 4 , PHP 5)

method_exists -- Checks if the class method exists

Description

bool method_exists ( object object, string method_name)

This function returns TRUE if the method given by method_name has been defined for the given object, FALSE otherwise.

Example 1. method_exists() example

<?php
$directory
= new Directory('.');
var_dump(method_exists($directory,'read'));
?>

This script will output :

bool(true)