Parent object calling method with 'self' keyword to prevent children object method

Thanasus

Object question.

class a
{
function test()
{
echo 'hello 1';
}

function test2()
{
    $this->test();
}

}

class b extends a
{
function test()
{
echo 'hello 2';
}
}

$obj = new b()
$obj->test2();

The above will print 'hello 2'. What can I put in the method 'test2' such that the above execution will print 'hello 1' instead of 'hello 2'?

I thought PHP would have some sort of special 'self::' keyword similar to the 'parent::' keyword

barand

$obj = new a() 
$obj->test2();

Thanasus

I thought it was obvious that I was not looking to instantiate an object class of a... i need to instantiate an object class of b but execute the method 'test' indigenous to parent class a

barand

Then why override the test() method in class b if, when you instantiate a class b object, you want it to behave like class a?

Thanasus

This is a simplified example of a problem I am having with a set of objects that inherit 6 levels deep and collectively have about 3,000 lines of code. I didn't think it prident to post all that code, so I simplified the problem to its lowest common denominator. To understand the reason would require seeing all the code.