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Bug #17952 is_a returns false if class is a superclass of the object.
Submitted: 2002-06-24 14:00 UTC Modified: 2002-09-11 11:25 UTC
From: sven at devcon dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-06-24 14:00 UTC] sven at devcon dot net 
is_a() behaves like

  return get_class($object) == strtolower($class);

but should behave like

  return get_class($object) == strtolower($class) ||
                   is_subclass_of($object, $class);

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 [2002-07-01 12:05 UTC] sven at devcon dot net 
I can give a copy of the commercial application where this happens to the php-developer who wants to fix this bug.

Best regards,
sven
 [2002-07-03 20:25 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Not enough information was provided for us to be able
to handle this bug. Please re-read the instructions at
http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

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to this bug and change the status back to "Open".

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