Re: Extending a Class

* Jason Barnett <jason.barnett@telesuite.com>: > Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > > * Phillip S. Baker <phillipsbaker@gmail.com>: > ... > > The object *instance* only gets to access the overridden method (assuming > > it's an instance of the child class): > > > > $instance->someMethod(); > > > > This is 100% correct, but just to clarify: it is possible to do > something like this: > > class myParent > { > function someMethod() > { > return "I am myParent.\n"; > } > } > > class myChild extends myParent > { > function someMethod() > { > echo parent::someMethod(); > echo "I am myChild\n"; > } > } > > $instance = new myChild(); > $instance->someMethod(); Which... if you'd read further in my post, I mentioned -- you typically do this -- s you did in your example -- when in an overridden method and need access to the parent class' version of the method. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:matthew@garden.org Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org