property_exists

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Checks if the object or class has a property.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`property_exists` Function synopsis

property_exists($object_or_class, string $property): bool

Parameters

`$object_or_class`

The class name or an object of the class to test for

`$property`

Typestring

The name of the property

Return value

Typebool

Returns true if the property exists, false if it doesn't exist.

Changes to the `property_exists` Function

PHP 8.0

Return type added: bool
Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $property_name to $property
Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($property): string

- property_exists($object_or_class, $property_name)
+ property_exists($object_or_class, string $property): bool

`property_exists` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes