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Source of: /manual/en/function.is-resource.php

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<div id="function.is-resource" class="refentry">
 <div class="refnamediv">
  <h1 class="refname">is_resource</h1>
  <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">is_resource</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">
   Finds whether a variable is a resource
  </span></p>

 </div>

 <a name="function.is-resource.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
  <h3 class="title">Description</h3>
  <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
   <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><b>is_resource</b></span>
    ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <tt class="parameter">$var</tt></span>
   )</div>

  <p class="para rdfs-comment">
   Finds whether the given variable is a resource.
  </p>
 </div>


 <a name="function.is-resource.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
  <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
  <p class="para">
   </p><dl>

    <dt class="varlistentry">

     <span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">var</tt></i>
</span>

     </dt><dd class="listitem">

      <p class="para">
       The variable being evaluated.
      </p>
     </dd>

   
   </dl>
<p>
  </p>
 </div>


 <a name="function.is-resource.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
  <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
  <p class="para">
   Returns <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> if <i><tt class="parameter">var</tt></i>
 is a <a href="language.types.resource.php" class="type resource">resource</a>,
   <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> otherwise.
  </p>
 </div>


 <a name="function.is-resource.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
  <h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
  <p class="para">
   </p><div class="example">
    <p><b>Example #1 <b>is_resource()</b> example</b></p>
    <div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php<br /><br />$db_link&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">=&nbsp;@</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'localhost'</span><span style="color: #007700">,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_user'</span><span style="color: #007700">,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mysql_pass'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if&nbsp;(!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_resource</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db_link</span><span style="color: #007700">))&nbsp;{<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Can\'t&nbsp;connect&nbsp;:&nbsp;'&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_error</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>
</span>
</code></div>
    </div>

   </div><p>
  </p>
 </div>


 <a name="function.is-resource.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
  <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
  <p class="para">
   </p><ul class="simplelist">
    <li class="member"><a href="language.types.resource.php" class="link">The resource-type documentation</a></li>
    <li class="member"><a href="function.get-resource-type.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_resource_type()</a> - Returns the resource type</li>
   </ul><p>
  </p> 
 </div>

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