PHP Class inheritance - php

Question

Suppose I have the following :
<?php
class Final extends Intermediate {
public function final_level() {
$this->low_level();
$this->inter_level();
}
}
class Intermediate extends Lib1 {
public function inter_level() {
$this->low_level();
}
}
class Lib1 {
public function low_level1();
public function low_level2();
}
class Lib2 {
public function low_level1();
public function low_level2();
}
I would like to change the Intermediate class to extend Lib1 or Lib2, depending on some conditions, without duplicating Intermediate and Final code content.
All low_level functions are the same for both Lib.
In the end, I would like to have a Final1 class that use Lib1 (and Final2 that use Lib2).
How could I achieve this ?

Answer 1

You cannot achieve this via inheritance but you can via delegation
With this approach you delegate the implementation of some methods to a 'delegate' object rather than a base class.
Here it is an example:
<?php
class Final extends Intermediate {
public function __construct(Lib delegate) {
parent::__construct(delegate);
}
public function final_level() {
$this->low_level();
$this->inter_level();
}
}
class Intermediate implements Lib { //here you implement an interface rather than extending a class
private Lib delegate;
public function __construct(Lib delegate) {
$this->delegate = delegate;
}
public function inter_level() {
$this->low_level();
}
public function low_level() {
//delegate!
$this->delegate->low_level();
}
}
class Lib1 implements Lib{
public function low_level(); //implementation #1
}
class Lib2 implements Lib {
public function low_level(); //implementation #2
}
interface Lib {
public function low_level();
}
now you can create your final1 and final2 object in this way:
$final1 = new Final(new Lib1());
$final2 = new Final(new Lib2());
or, if you prefer, you can create the Final1 and Final2 classes extending from Final:
class Final1 extends Final {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct(new Lib1());
}
}
class Final2 extends Final {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct(new Lib2());
}
}
$final1 = new Final1();
$final2 = new Final2();