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henrywright
henrywright

Reputation: 10240

Is there a keyword that refers to a member of a grandfather class in PHP?

class Grandfather {

    protected function stuff() {
        // Code.
    } 
}

class Dad extends Grandfather {
    function __construct() {
        // I can refer to a member in the parent class easily.
        parent::stuff();
    }
}

class Kid extends Dad {
        // How do I refer to the stuff() method which is inside the Grandfather class from here?
}

How can I refer to a member of the Grandfather class from within the Kid class?

My first thought was Classname::method() but is there a keyword available such as self or parent?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 126

Answers (3)

Tyron
Tyron

Reputation: 1976

  1. If stuff() is nowhere overriden in the class hierarchy you can call the function with $this->stuff()
  2. If stuff() were to be overriden in Dad you have to call the function with the classname, e.g. Grandfather::stuff()
  3. If stuff() is overriden in Kid, you can do the call via parent::stuff()

Upvotes: 4

Kamil Karkus
Kamil Karkus

Reputation: 1283

$this->stuff() or Grandfather::stuff()

calling with this will call ::stuff() method on the top of inherit level (in your example it'd be Dad::stuff(), but you don't override ::stuff in Dad class so it'd be Grandfather::stuff())

and Class::method() will call exact class method

Example code:

    <?php
class Grandfather {

    protected function stuff() {
        echo "Yeeeh";
        // Code.
    } 
}

class Dad extends Grandfather {
    function __construct() {
        // I can refer to a member in the parent class easily.
        parent::stuff();
    }
}

class Kid extends Dad {
    public function doThatStuff(){
        Grandfather::stuff();
    }
      // How do I refer to the stuff() method which is inside the Grandfather class from here?
}
$Kid = new Kid();
$Kid->doThatStuff();

The "Yeeeh" will be outputted 2 times. Because constructor of Dad (which is not overrided in Kid class) class calls Grandfather::stuff() and Kid::doThatStuff() calls it too

Upvotes: 5

Piotr Olaszewski
Piotr Olaszewski

Reputation: 6204

If you want call Grandfather::stuff method you can do this using Grandfather::stuff() in Kid class.

Look at this example.

Upvotes: 1

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