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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Using grand-parent constructor
From: evert@rooftopsolutions.nl (Evert | Rooftop)

Yes, but I want to ignore Parent behaviour, and Re-inherit GrandParent
behaviour..

Evert

Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:
> adding parent::__construct() in the constructors of both Parent and
> Child should do what you want.
>
> Jasper
>
> Evert | Rooftop wrote:
>   
>> Hi List,
>>
>> Sorry if this is the wrong list for this kind of stuff.. I'd be happy to
>> re-post this to the users mailing list.
>>
>> With the recent updates that will raise E_STRICT on static calls that
>> are non static, how do we properly do the following..
>>
>> I have a class named 'GrandParent' a class named 'Parent' and a class
>> named 'Child'
>>
>> GrandParent has a constructor, Parent overrides it and Child does too..
>> What if I want to call GrandParent's constructor from the child?
>>
>> Most languages allow this through casting the class into the ancestor
>> and call then call the method, but I can't do this with PHP, or can I ?
>> The other solution (right now) would be GrandParent::__construct(), but
>> this is not OOP anymore.. So it seems kind of weird that we get limited
>> in functionality, for OOP-ness, but not adding the functionality to
>> solve common design problems that we're raised by introducing this..
>>
>> Will we get casting in the future?
>>
>> Evert
>>
>>     
>
>