parent and grandparent member functions

Hello, I hit a wall. No offense, but this OO stuff in PHP is somehat weird, but skip to the problem. I have for example three classes: class a { function make() { // some code } } class b extends a { function make() { // some code parent::make(); } } class c extends b { function make() { // some code parent::make(); } } now the class 'c' is instantiated and the member function 'make' is called. All works up to the point where 'b'::make calls parent::make(). It seems to call itself :(. I can understand this is logical behaviour since it's still an instance of class c, so parent:: is still b::, but how should I call that grandparent's make()??? This doesn't seem like a good OOP. For example delphi's 'inherited' works relative to the class it's used in and it is way more useful than php's way. is there any elegant soultion(s) to my problem? Lenar Lõhmus