How to call parent function from instance of child?

Question

I have model

BaseUser.class.php
User.class.php
UserTable.class.php

In user Class I have been override the delete function

Answer 1

It can be done using call_user_func. Yes, its bad practice, but its possible.

class BaseUser {
    public function delete()
    {
        echo 'BaseUser deleted';
    }
}

class User extends BaseUser{
    public function delete()
    {
        echo 'User deleted';
    }
}

$instance = new User();

call_user_func(array($instance, 'parent::delete'));

result:

BaseUser deleted