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Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006

is_resource

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

is_resource --  Finds whether a variable is a resource

Description

bool is_resource ( mixed var )

Finds whether the given variable is a resource.

Parameters

var

The variable being evaluated.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if var is a resource, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

Example 1. is_resource() example

<?php

$db_link = @mysql_connect('localhost', 'mysql_user', 'mysql_pass');
if (!is_resource($db_link)) {
    die('Can\'t connect : ' . mysql_error());
}

?>

See Also

The resource-type documentation
get_resource_type()




<is_realis_scalar>
Last updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006