<?php namespace DeepCopy\TypeMatcher; class TypeMatcher { /** * @var string */ private $type; /** * @param string $type */ public function __construct($type) { $this->type = $type; } /** * @param mixed $element * * @return boolean */ public function matches($element) { return is_object($element) ? is_a($element, $this->type) : gettype($element) === $this->type; } }