How can I make only the parent method run in a class inheritance on PHP?

Question

I have some inquiries aboute this example, I make this simple code, just two classses, a parent and son class. When I execute the son must execute the parent and the parent method can execute himself BUT the program must not execute the son method.

When I run this program, execute both, parent and son. Exist any to prevent this and execute only the father's method?

class Father{

    private $element = 0; //Just to prevent recursivity

    public function add($a = null){

        if ($this->element == 0) {
            echo "<br>I'm the father"; //Execution of fhter
            $this->element = 1;

            $this->add('<br> I was an accidente'); //This instruccion call both methods, parent and soon
        }else{
            echo "<br>But not anymore"; 
        }
    }
}
class Son extends Father{
    public function add($a = null){

        parent::add();

        echo "<br>I'm the son";
        if ($a != null) {
            echo $a;
        }
    }
}

$son = new Son();
$son->add();

And I have these results

I'm the father
But not anymore
I'm the son
I was an accident
I'm the son

Like you see, when I execute the $this->add() method on parent, they execute both methods (add of father and son).

Is there any way to perform this code so that when executing $this->add() on the father, it does not execute both (the father and the son)?

In other words, I was expecting the next result

I'm the father
But not anymore
I'm the son
I was an accident

BY THE WAY: I cant modify the Father class. Thanks

Change `$this->add('
I was an accidente');` to `self::add('
I was an accidente');`. Similar question to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23318045/my-class-function-is-performed-twice — waterloomatt, Oct 17 '19 at 19:35
If I cant modify the Father class... How do i do it? Thans for answer it!! — Alberto V., Oct 17 '19 at 20:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 18 '19 at 04:29

You just need to add the $element back into the Son class and use it like you did in the Father class:

class Son extends Father
{
    # Add this item back
    private $element = 1;

    public function add($a = null)
    {
        parent::add();
        # Check if it's set
        if($this->element == 1) {
            # Echo
            echo "<br>I'm the son";
            # Set to 0 so it doesn't recurse
            $this->element  =   0;
        }
        if ($a != null) {
            echo $a;
        }
    }
}

How can I make only the parent method run in a class inheritance on PHP?

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