Re: [PHP] Re: PHP5 OOP: Abstract classes, multiple inheritance and constructors

2013-06-21 Thread Micky Hulse
Thanks for tips David! I'll play with your suggestion. I've never used abstract methods, but if I'm understanding the code you posted, they look pretty useful. I may be back with questions. Appreciate the help. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://

Re: [PHP] Re: PHP5 OOP: Abstract classes, multiple inheritance and constructors

2013-06-21 Thread David Harkness
There's no way to bypass an overridden method using "parent", but you could add an abstract method that Child would implement. class Parent function __construct() { $this->foo = $this->getFoo(); } abstract function getFoo(); } David

[PHP] Re: PHP5 OOP: Abstract classes, multiple inheritance and constructors

2013-06-21 Thread Micky Hulse
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Micky Hulse wrote: > 2. Is there a way for me to pass $foo to the parent class, from the > child, without having to ferry that variable through the abstract > class? I should mention, I'm working on some code where I don't have the ability to modify the "parent"