page 1: class doheader { function doheader() { $this->a(); } function a() { $a="blah" $this->a=$a; return $a } page 2: class DoFooter extends DoHeader { function printparent() { echo $this->a; } page 3: include(class1.php) include(class2.php) i want to print out printparent() vars that was in the previous class... not working