[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: isinstance.xml Make the example workable and semantic (#4903)

Author: Mikhail Alferov (mmalferov)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: kamil-tekiela
Date: 2025-10-13T12:37:11+01:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/eb557099ed1ddbc49c941f868d896991190b14f8
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/eb557099ed1ddbc49c941f868d896991190b14f8.diff

isinstance.xml Make the example workable and semantic (#4903)

Changed paths:
  M  reference/reflection/reflectionclass/isinstance.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/reflection/reflectionclass/isinstance.xml b/reference/reflection/reflectionclass/isinstance.xml
index 819c56de9bda..fcf6208f7b7a 100644
--- a/reference/reflection/reflectionclass/isinstance.xml
+++ b/reference/reflection/reflectionclass/isinstance.xml
@@ -48,20 +48,24 @@
     <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-// Example usage
-$class = new ReflectionClass('Foo');
 
-if ($class->isInstance($arg)) {
-    echo "Yes";
+class Foo {}
+
+$object = new Foo();
+
+$reflection = new ReflectionClass('Foo');
+
+if ($reflection->isInstance($object)) {
+    echo "Yes\n";
 }
 
 // Equivalent to
-if ($arg instanceof Foo) {
-    echo "Yes";
+if ($object instanceof Foo) {
+    echo "Yes\n";
 }
 
 // Equivalent to
-if (is_a($arg, 'Foo')) {
+if (is_a($object, 'Foo')) {
     echo "Yes";
 }
 ?>