In PHP can you extend a class to the same name?

Answer 1

If you wanted to use a method/property of the original class you can extend it but you must use a different name, otherwise you'll get an error about redeclaring the class.

Basically:

class template {}

/* both fail with "cannot redeclare class template */

class template extends template {}

class template {}

Answer 2

I am pretty sure you can not. I would suggest you do the following:

class Template extends TemplateBase
{
    // code
}

read more at: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php

Answer 3

You might want to check out classkit