Question

In the sample code below, the method test() in parent class Foo is overridden by the method test() in child class Bar. Is it possible to call Foo::test() from Bar::test()?

class Foo 
{
  $text = "world\n";

  protected function test() {
    echo $this->text;
  }
}// class Foo

class Bar extends Foo 
{
  public function test() {
    echo "Hello, ";

    // Cannot use 'parent::test()' because, in this case,
    // Foo::test() requires object data from $this
    parent::test();
  }
}// class Bar extends Foo

$x = new Bar;
$x->test();

Answer 1

Use parent:: before method name, e.g.

parent::test();

See parent