method_exists
    (PHP 4, PHP 5)
method_exists -- Checks if the class method exists
Description
bool 
method_exists ( object object, string method_name )
     This function returns TRUE if the method given by
     method_name has been defined for the given
     object, FALSE otherwise.
    
     
| Example 1. method_exists() example | 
<?php$directory = new Directory('.');
 var_dump(method_exists($directory,'read'));
 ?>
 | 
 The above example will output: | 
    
     See also function_exists() and 
     is_callable().