Quick question,
Is there any way to extend one class from a class whose name is specified in a variable. I.e.
$baseClassName = "Class2";
class Class1 extends $baseClassName
{
...
}
You can do things like '$a = new $baseClassName();', and this doesn't seem so different, but is this possible?
Thanks
Why do you want to do this in the first place? I do not think that it is possible, and I also do not see a reason for it. Chances are you are looking to use composition instead of inheritance.
I can't imagine why you'd want to, but I suppose it could be done with eval():
$classString = <<<EOD
class Class1 extends %s
{
// class definition here
}
EOD;
$parent = 'SomeClass';
eval(sprintf($classString, $parent));