In reply to https://www.facebook.com/groups/cakebrasil/954085957955991

index.php

<?php
// PHP 5.4+

class GenericController
{
    public $limit = 99999;

    public final function paginate(
        $object = null,
        array $scope = [],
        array $whitelist = []
    ) {
        // Lot of codes

        echo $this->limit . "\n";
    }
}

class Foo extends GenericController
{
    public $limit = 500;
}

class Bar extends GenericController
{
}

class Baz extends GenericController
{
}

(new Foo())->paginate(); // Outputs 500
(new Bar())->paginate(); // Outputs 99999
(new Baz())->paginate(); // Outputs 99999