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Văn Cao Trần
Văn Cao Trần

Reputation: 117

Call a child class from a child class PHP

i am a new PHP, i have some files like this:

In root.php i have

<?php
class Root
{
// Some functions here
}

In child_1.php i have: 

class Child_1 extends Root
{
  function abc()
  {
  //Some code here
  }
}

In child_2.php i have: 

class Child_2 extends Root
{
  function cde()
  {
  // How can i call function abc() from class Child_1 here
  }
}

Yes, how can i call a function of Child_1 class from a function of Child_2 class.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (4)

Nadir Latif
Nadir Latif

Reputation: 3763

If you want to use functions of Chirld_1 from Chirld_2 or vice versa without creating an object of the child class, then one option is to declare Chirld_1 and Chirld_2 as traits of the parent class Root. This will allow you to call functions of Chirld_1 from Chirld_2 and vice verse using the $this keyword. The classes should be declared as follows:

<?php

trait Chirld_1
{
    public function test1()
    {
       $this->test2();
    }        
}

trait Chirld_2
{
    public function test2()
    {
       $this->test1();
    }   
}

class Root
{
    use Chirld_1;
    use Chirld_2;
// Some functions here
}

See this links for more information about traits: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php

Upvotes: 1

pedram shabani
pedram shabani

Reputation: 1680

you can call any function in class_1 or Class_2 of parent class but within any child class you can't call method from another.because They do not have a relevance a solution is you call class_2 in constructor of class_1

Upvotes: 1

u_mulder
u_mulder

Reputation: 54831

As classes that extend one parent (Root) know nothing about each other (and you cannot change this), you can do:

class Chirld_2 extends Root
{
  function cde()
  {
    $obj = new Chirld_1();
    $obj->abc();
  }
}

But obviously it's a lack of good design. I suppose, you have to define abc() in a Root class to make it available in both children:

class Root
{
  function abc()
  {
  //Some code here
  }
}

class Chirld_1 extends Root
{

}

class Chirld_2 extends Root
{

}

$c1 = new Chirld_1();
$c1->abc();
$c2 = new Chirld_2();
$c2->abc();

Upvotes: 1

Ray Paseur
Ray Paseur

Reputation: 2194

Try using parent:: or static:: or self:: notation to designate the class you want to use. http://php.net/manual/pl/keyword.parent.php

Upvotes: 0

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