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')); ?>
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       This script will output : 
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