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How to call methods of child classes dynamically in PHP 5?

<?php
class foo
{
    //this class is always etended, and has some other methods that do utility work
    //and are never overrided
    public function init()
    {
        //what do to here to call bar->doSomething or baz->doSomething 
        //depending on what class is actually instantiated? 
    }

    function doSomething()
    {
        //intentionaly no functionality here
    }


}

class bar extends foo
{
    function doSomething()
    {
        echo "bar";
    }
}

class baz extends foo
{
    function doSomething()
    {
        echo "baz";
    }
}
?>
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You just need to call $ this-> doSomething (); in your init () method.



Due to polymorphism, the correct method of the child will be called at runtime depending on the class of the child.

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public function init() {
    $this->doSomething();
}

$obj = new bar();
$obj->doSomething(); // prints "bar"

$obj2 = new baz();
$obj->doSomething(); // prints "baz"


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