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<?php // proof of concept: call method from parents parent class A { private $value = 'please override me'; public function set() { $this->value = 'A was here'; } public function get() { return $this->value; } } class B extends A { public function set() { // do nothing, value is "please override me" } } class C extends B { public function set() { (new ReflectionClass($this))->getParentClass()->getParentClass()->getMethod('set')->getClosure($this)(); } } // as reference, B::set() was overridden: $b = new B; $b->set(); var_dump($b->get()); // "please override me" // and now parent::parent::set() :) $c = new C; $c->set(); var_dump($c->get()); // "A was here"