<?php class Foo { public function printItem($string) { echo 'Foo: ' . $string . PHP_EOL; } public function printPHP() { echo 'PHP is great.' . PHP_EOL; } } class Bar extends Foo { public function printItem($string) { echo 'Bar: ' . $string . PHP_EOL; } } $foo = new Foo(); $bar = new Bar(); $foo->printItem('baz'); // Output: 'Foo: baz' $foo->printPHP(); // Output: 'PHP is great' $bar->printItem('baz'); // Output: 'Bar: baz' $bar->printPHP(); // Output: 'PHP is great'