Question

I’m just starting with OO php so please forgive my ignorance.

Assuming I have a class A

class A{
    function show(){
        return 15;
        }
    }

And a child class B

class B extends A{
    function show(){
        return 25;
        }
    }

When I do

$object = new B;
$object->show();

I get 25, meaning I access the child property. How can I access the parent property;

I tried $object->A::show(), $object::show(), I keep getting errors, and since I’m just starting, I don’t really know what to google for.

Answer 1

Thing you want do conflicts basics of object design – if you overwrite parent method, it cannot be called from outside of child instance (inside there is parent:: ). Take a look at your design and try to figure out, how to avoid this.

EDIT:
Both of your examples of calling this are invalid – only valid is

class B extends A{
  function show(){
    return parent::show();
  }
}