Types of Inheritance — a practical guide to types of inheritance with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.
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Short description
PHP supports single class inheritance and multiple interfaces/traits to cover many multiple-inheritance use cases.
Inheritance types
Single → one parent
Multilevel → chain of parents
Hierarchical → many children from one parent
Multiple → many parents (via interfaces/traits in PHP)