Calling Static Method from Class B(which extends Class A) of Class A

Question

There was an interesting question in a practice test that I did not understand the answer to. What is the output of the following code:

Answer 1

Foo::getName() is using an older PHP4 style of scope resolution operator to allow an overridden method to be called.

In PHP5 you would use parent::getName() instead

It's useful if you want to extend, rather than completely override the behaviour of the base class, e.g. this might make it clearer

class Bar extends Foo {
    public $name = 'John';

    public function getName() {
        echo "My name is ";
        parent::getName();
    }
}