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I have a function as:

public function controller_instance($controller_name) { $controller = Router::getRequestedController(); return $controller instanceof $controller_name; }

and I call the function as controller_instance('IndexController').

This is always returning false because variable $controller_name contains string IndexController.

How can I make this work?

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  • What does Router::getRequestedController() return? Commented Apr 14, 2016 at 10:12

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Just make new class from that controller string

return $controller instanceof (new $controller_name());
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Are you expecting a instance or boolean?

Make a array property in the same class where contains the method controller_instance and store all instances

private $controllers = array(); public function controller_instance($controller_name) { if (isset($this->controllers[$controller_name])) { return $this->controllers[$controller_name]; } return $this->controllers[$controller_name] = new $controller_name(); }

Exemple 2: using ReflectionClass and arguments

private $controllers = array(); public function controller_instance($controller_name, Array $args = array()) { if (isset($this->controllers[$controller_name])) { return $this->controllers[$controller_name]; } $class = new ReflectionClass($controller_name); $instance = $class->newInstanceArgs($args); return $this->controllers[$controller_name] = $instance; }
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