Can I use PHP reserved names for my functions and classes?

Question

I\'d like to create a function called \"new\" and a class called \"case\".

Can I do that in PHP?

Answer 1

Along the lines of what Benjamin mentioned, there is an interesting use of "clone", (which is reserved) in this class, line 545

 public function __call($method, $args)
{
    if ('clone' == $method) {
        return call_user_func_array(array($this, 'cloneRepository'), $args);
    } else {
        $class = get_called_class();
        $message = "Call to undefined method $class::$method()";
        throw new \BadMethodCallException($message);
    }
}