- error_reporting: documentation ( source)
- get_parent_class: documentation ( source)
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
abstract class Base
{
protected function doSomething()
{
echo 'here we go' . PHP_EOL;
$something = 'aaaaaa';
return $something;
}
}
class Vendor extends Base
{
protected function doSomething()
{
// do something..
// call parent (Base::doSomething())
$something = parent::doSomething();
$something .= "bbbbbbbbbbb";
return $something;
// do something more
}
}
class Local extends Vendor
{
protected function doSomething()
{
// do something venture-specific
// skip Vendor
$grandparent = get_parent_class(get_parent_class($this));
$something = $grandparent::doSomething();
$something .= "cccccccccccc";
return $something;
// do something more
// intention: call grand-parent (Base::doSomething())
parent::doSomething(); // this will call Vendor::doSomething() :(
// this would work, without raising a strict error (see https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42016 - not a bug!)
Base::doSomething();
// a little more generic, but you need to know about inheritance level:
$grandparent = get_parent_class(get_parent_class($this));
$grandparent::doSomething();
// do something more
}
public function api()
{
$something = $this->doSomething();
echo $something;
}
}
$local = new Local;
$local->api();