I'd like to inherit PDOStatement class and use it in my website scripts. But I am frustrated how to get required object. PDO::query returns only direct PDOStatement object and looks like there are no other method to create PDOStatement object or inherited class. Initially i thought to move PDOStatement object to constructor of inherit class Something like that: $stmt = PDO -> query("select * from messages"); $messageCollection = new Messaging_Collection($stmt); But how to make instance of PDOStatement to inherited object (Messaging_Collection). It is a big question for me. class Messaging_Collection extends PDOStatement { public function __construct(PDOStatement $stmt) { //there i should to transform $stmt to $this // direct $this = $stmt is not possible // is there other right way? }