* Jason Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:
> > * Phillip S. Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> ...
> > 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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