Re: parent constructor

Try 'parent::' On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Aaron Tuller wrote: > At 12:13 PM +0100 2/7/01, Christian Reiniger wrote: > >On Wednesday 07 February 2001 05:14, Aaron Tuller wrote: > > > $parentClass = get_parent_class($this); > >> eval("$parentClass::$parentClass();"); > >> > >> still, I think I should be able to do what I wrote below. > > > >Um, you know the name of your parent class, so why do you use > >get_parent_class() at all? > > so that way I can have a general purpose way of calling a parent > constructor like "super()" or whatever. It seems silly to hardcode > the name of my parent class into the code of the class besides in the > "extends" part in the definition. that way if I change the > hierarchy, I don't have to worry about changing the constructor, it > just always points to the parent. > > sorry if that isn't clear. > > -aaron > > -- John Donagher Application Engineer Intacct Corp. - Powerful Accounting on the Web 408-395-0989 720 University Ave. Los Gatos CA 95032 www.intacct.com Public key available off http://www.keyserver.net Key fingerprint = 4024 DF50 56EE 19A3 258A D628 22DE AD56 EEBE 8DDD