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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Accessing child constants from base class
From: dan@wep.net (Dan Cox)

Ard Biesheuvel wrote:

> How about an abstract method in the base class called 
> getElementName(), which each child will implement to return its 
> element name.
>
Hi Ard-
This wouldn't work because the abstract method in the base class is 
still running in the 'base class scope' and can't see the child's 
constants.

Dan Cox