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can I upcast an object to it's parent object?
Example Code
class ClassA {
public function foo(){
echo get_class($this);
}
}
class ClassB extends ClassA {
public function foo(){
echo get_class($this); // prints ClassB :)
parent::foo(); // prints ClassB / I want ClassA :(
}
}
$B = new ClassB();
$B->foo();
is it possible in PHP;
In my scenario I'm building ClassB and I want to overide function ClassB::Foo() to extend its behavior and then handle the control back to it's parent function ClassA::Foo() but the code breaks because it is now an object of ClassB. Plz don't blame me about "code smells" because I now that its ugly! ClassA is out of my control... :-)