I need help from a PHP Guru!!!!

[Anon]

Hello PHPians,

Well I was wondering if php4 had this ability. I was writting a base
class called HtmlObject (Yes I know HTML is an acronym, but frankly I
didn't care at the time), then I made another class that overrides a
method of the base class the question is, how could I also call the
method from the overridden method?

For example:

class box{
var $items;
var $incrementor;
function add($item){
$this->items[$this->incrementor++]=$item;
}
}

class crate{
var $max=10;
function add($item){
if ($this->incrementor < $max ){
// ))))))))))))))))))) What I want to do here is call
the base class method add so I wouldn't have to rewrite stuff again
((((((((((((((((((((
}
}
}

Has this been addressed in php4 is the question and whats the word to do
this is it Super()?

Thanx in advanced...

[Anon]

if you want to call the function/method from the super class, then you just need to call its function name. thats all.. no super() is required. remember PHP doesnt allow multiple inheritance, so 1 parent can have unlimited children, but cant have any 'grandchildren' 🙂

e.g.

$thisClass = new BaseClass();

// where add() is function in BaseClass
// you can call it like:

$thisClass->add();

thats all ....