Checking if an overridden parent method exists before calling it
public function func()
{
if (is_callable('parent::func')) {
parent::func();
}
}
I use this for calling parent constructor if exists, works fine.
I also use the following as a generic version:
public static function callParentMethod(
$object,
$class,
$methodName,
array $args = []
) {
$parentClass = get_parent_class($class);
while ($parentClass) {
if (method_exists($parentClass, $methodName)) {
$parentMethod = new \ReflectionMethod($parentClass, $methodName);
return $parentMethod->invokeArgs($object, $args);
}
$parentClass = get_parent_class($parentClass);
}
}
use it like this:
callParentMethod($this, __CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, func_get_args());
The way to do that, is:
if (method_exists(get_parent_class($this), 'func')) {
// method exist
} else {
// doesn't
}
http://php.net/manual/en/function.method-exists.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-parent-class.php