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<h1 class="refname">get_resource_type</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">get_resource_type</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Returns the resource type
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>get_resource_type</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$handle</code></span>
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This function gets the type of the given resource.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
The evaluated resource handle.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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If the given <em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em> is a resource, this function
will return a string representing its type. If the type is not identified
by this function, the return value will be the string
<em>Unknown</em>.
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This function will return <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> and generate an error if
<em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em> is not a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.get-resource-type-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>get_resource_type()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// prints: mysql link<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_resource_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// prints: stream<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"w"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_resource_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// prints: domxml document<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">new_xmldoc</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"1.0"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">get_resource_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$doc</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">doc</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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