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<?php trait SearchApiFieldTrait { public function buildOptionsForm() { echo "Trait: buildOptionsForm()\n"; } } class BulkForm { // Imagine BulkForm has no buildOptionsForm in this example } class SearchApiBulkForm extends BulkForm { use SearchApiFieldTrait { buildOptionsForm as ignoreBuildOptionsForm; // alias it, but original stays } } $obj = new SearchApiBulkForm(); echo "Calling buildOptionsForm(): "; $obj->buildOptionsForm(); // STILL calls the trait’s version echo "Calling ignoreBuildOptionsForm(): "; $obj->ignoreBuildOptionsForm(); // Calls the same method via alias print_r(get_class_methods($obj));