Magento - how to determine if an object is a Varien object?

Question

I want a simple snippet which will look at an object and determine if this is a valid Varien object (rather than a standard PHP object).

eg.

 if ( this is a varien_object )
     do this..
 else
     do something else

http://php.net/instanceof - please use the search and the manual. — hakre, May 23 '14 at 08:47
Just for wording clarification: The Varien object is a standard PHP object, just a more specific one. — hakre, May 23 '14 at 08:48
Perhaps better dupe: [PHP check for instance of DateTime?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9568793/php-check-for-instance-of-datetime) — hakre, May 23 '14 at 08:49
no need, maximum all the ojects are varien objects for all models — ʞɔıɥʇɹɐʞ ouɐɯ, Oct 25 '16 at 14:08

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '14 at 08:46

5

use PHP instanceof operator

if ($this instanceof Varien_Object )
 do this..

answered May 23 '14 at 08:46

Lukas Kral

thanks - simple i was thinking it was something odd to Magento – Zabs May 23 '14 at 08:59

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