Variable variable class extensions in PHP--is it possible?

Question

Is something like the following possible in PHP?

$blah = \'foo1\';

class foo2 extends $blah {
    //...
}

class foo1 {
    //...
}

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Answer 1

I assume that this is for ease-of-maintenance, right? Extending a class at run time really is pretty crazy.

class SuperClassOne { /* code */ }
class SuperClassTwo { /* code */ }

class IntermediateClass extends SuperClassOne { /* empty! */ }

class DescendantClassFoo extends IntermediateClass{ }
class DescendantClassBar extends IntermediateClass{ }
class DescendantClassBaz extends IntermediateClass{ }

Then, when you want to change all your DescendantClass* classes, you just have to change what the IntermediateClass extends:

class IntermediateClass extends SuperClassTwo { }