<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
class Base
{
protected function doSomething()
{
echo 'here we go' . PHP_EOL;
}
}
class Vendor extends Base
{
protected function doSomething()
{
// do something..
// call parent (Base::doSomething())
parent::doSomething();
// do something more
}
}
class Local extends Vendor
{
protected function doSomething()
{
// do something venture-specific
// 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()
{
$this->doSomething();
}
}
$local = new Local;
$local->api();
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /in/jnYR1 on line 43
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.2
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in <b>/in/jnYR1</b> on line <b>43</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.0.0 - 5.0.5
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: parse error, unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in <b>/in/jnYR1</b> on line <b>43</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.4.2 - 4.4.9
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in <b>/in/jnYR1</b> on line <b>7</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in <b>/in/jnYR1</b> on line <b>7</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 4.3.2 - 4.3.4
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>: parse error, expecting `T_OLD_FUNCTION' or `T_FUNCTION' or `T_VAR' or `'}'' in <b>/in/jnYR1</b> on line <b>7</b><br />
Process exited with code 255.