What is the best practice for handling inherited functions that need to be removed in PHP?

When inheriting functions in PHP that need to be removed, the best practice is to override the function in the child class and leave it empty or throw an exception to indicate that the function should not be used. This allows for the removal of the function without causing any fatal errors or unexpected behavior in the code. 

class ParentClass {
    public function outdatedFunction() {
        // Function to be removed
    }
}

class ChildClass extends ParentClass {
    public function outdatedFunction() {
        // Empty function to override the inherited function
        // Or throw an exception to indicate that the function should not be used
    }
}

Keywords

inheritance functions removal deprecation PHP

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