On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 01:58:39PM -0500, Altunergil, Oktay wrote:
> As far as I know a class can extend multiple classes. What you can't do -in
> PHP- is two create a class that inherits from multiple parent classes
> (multiple inheritence). I believe this is available in C++ and Java and
> others. I also think the reason it is not available in PHP is because
> inheriting from multiple classes tend to cause ambiguity when both of the
> parent classess have a function with the same definition etc.
>
> (I'm not an expert in this.. I'm just passing along what I have read).
Right. You can extend a chain of classes, but you can't have a
singular class extend from multiple classes directly.
That is, this works:
Apple extends Fruit
Fruit extends Food
This doesn't:
Apple extends Fruit and Produce
Matt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Guynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:47 PM
> To: Php (E-mail)
> Subject: [PHP] OOP question regarding class extension
>
>
> Can one class extend multiple classes? I'm still playing with OOP
> functionality and maybe my logic is reversed but I think I need one class to
> extend many others.
>
> John Guynn
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