* Jason Barnett <jason.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> > * Phillip S. Baker <phillipsbaker@xxxxxxxxx>:
> ...
> > The object *instance* only gets to access the overridden method (assuming
> > it's an instance of the child class):
> >
> > $instance->someMethod();
> >
>
> This is 100% correct, but just to clarify: it is possible to do
> something like this:
>
> class myParent
> {
> function someMethod()
> {
> return "I am myParent.\n";
> }
> }
>
> class myChild extends myParent
> {
> function someMethod()
> {
> echo parent::someMethod();
> echo "I am myChild\n";
> }
> }
>
> $instance = new myChild();
> $instance->someMethod();
Which... if you'd read further in my post, I mentioned -- you typically
do this -- s you did in your example -- when in an overridden method
and need access to the parent class' version of the method.
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