php - Laravel: find out if variable is collection

Question

I want to find out if a variable is a collection.

I can't use is_object() because it will be true even if it is not an collection. For now I use this, and it works:

if(is_object($images) && get_class($images) != 'IlluminateDatabaseEloquentCollection') {

But I think it's so ugly that I spend time asking you about another solution.

Do you have any idea?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34619145/laravel-find-out-if-variable-is-collection

Answer 1

Couldn't you use

if(is_a($images, 'IlluminateDatabaseEloquentCollection')) {
    ....do whatever for a collection....
} else {
    ....do whatever for not a collection....
}

Or

if ($images instanceof IlluminateDatabaseEloquentCollection) {

}