Re: [PHP4BETA] Catching object instantiation error

   Thanks Andrei.
   Oh man! I love this mailing list! :)

   Cheers,
   Ly
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Andrei Zmievski wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 25 May 2000, Anh (Ly) Vuong wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Hope someone out there can help me.
> >
> > I am trying to catch error or prevent from instantiate a non existing
> > object class. I use:
> >
> > class A
> > {
> >   ...
> > }
> >
> > $className = "A";
> > $obj = new $className;
> >  ...
> > $className = "B";
> > $obj = new $className;
> >
> >
> > I would like to catch the error in the second part of the code, is there
> > a function to check if the class definition exist before the
> > instantiation?
> 
> Yes, class_exists($classname) will give you what you want.
> 
> -Andrei
> * Change is the only constant. *