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How do I call PHP parent methods from within an inherited method?

I am trying to override a function in php in the following way

main class

<?php    
class Curl{
   /* constructor */
   public function Curl(){}

   /* login */
   public function login($url, $post_fields){
      ...
   }
}
?>

sub-class

<?php
require_once("/var/www/api/curl/curl.php");

class Curl_B extends Curl{
   /* constructor */
   public function Curl_B(){}

   /* login */
   public function login(){
      $this->login(
        'https://xxx.co.uk/login.php', 
        'email=xxx&pass=xxx'
      );
   }
}

$curl = new Curl_B();
$curl->login();

?>

The issue is that I cannot seem to call the parent function login() properly if the sub-class has a function with the same name.

I understand that you can not have functions which share the same name so what is the best best solution to my problem?

Answer 1

To call the parent class’s function by the same name:

class Curl_B extends Curl{
   /* constructor */
   public function Curl_B(){}

   /* login */
   public function login(){
      parent::login(
        'https://xxx.co.uk/login.php', 
        'email=xxx&pass=xxx'
      );
   }
}