How to Use the PHP Function Class_implements()
PHP supports object-oriented programming by allowing classes to inherit public methods, class properties and constants from one or more parent classes. This is accomplished with the extends keyword in the class declaration. The inherited methods and properties may be overridden by defining new ones in the child class. The child class must then reference the overridden methods and properties using the parent:: prefix in its code. In addition to object inheritance, PHP also supports the use of interfaces in class declarations. An interface is a set of methods that share the same signature (name and argument list) across all classes that implement it, without the need for those classes to be directly related to each other, or even to the class that defines the interface.
An interface can contain class constants, which work exactly like class constants, and classes that implement it can also extend parent classes. When a class implements an interface, it must provide implementations of all of the methods in that interface. This is the closest thing to multiple inheritance in PHP.
To verify that a class implements an interface, you can use the php function class_implements(). This function takes a class name or an object and returns the set of all interfaces that it implements. This function is useful when working with class hierarchies, as it allows you to quickly see if an interface has been implemented by a particular class. In this article, we'll discuss how to use the php function class_implements(), and we'll also take a look at some of the other important functions in the class context.