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6.2.3     Basic inheritance

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To extend the dog class to breeds, the "extends" keyword is needed, like this:

class dog {
    public function
bark() {
        print
"Woof!\n";
    }
}

class
poodle extends dog {
    
// nothing new yet
}




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