<?php namespace Foo; class CoveredParentClass { private function privateMethod() { } protected function protectedMethod() { $this->privateMethod(); } public function publicMethod() { $this->protectedMethod(); } } class CoveredClass extends CoveredParentClass { private function privateMethod() { } protected function protectedMethod() { parent::protectedMethod(); $this->privateMethod(); } public function publicMethod() { parent::publicMethod(); $this->protectedMethod(); } }