Attribute or Array - PHP

Question

I need to find out, if a function parameter in my php-script is a regular string attribute or an array.

How would I do that?

if(gettype($array) == "string"){return $array;}

doesn't work.

is there an error in this line? I'm new to php.

Answer 1

Technically there are bunch of options. It might be safer to specifically check for both desired. PHP has methods to check for each of its types.

if(is_array($array)) {
  // array
}
elseif( is_string($array)) {
  // string
}
elseif( is_object($array)) {
  // object
}
// could also do is_float, is_number, is_boolean, is_resource