How to alias a function in PHP?

Question

Is it possible to alias a function with a different name in PHP? Suppose we have a function with the name sleep. Is there a way to make an alias called wa

Answer 1

What I have used in my CLASS

function __call($name, $args) {
    $alias['execute']=array('done','finish');
    $alias['query']=array('prepare','do');
    if (in_array($name,$alias['execute'])){
        call_user_func_array("execute",$args);
        return TRUE;
    }elseif(in_array($name,$alias['query'])){
        call_user_func_array("query",$args);
        return TRUE;
    }
    die($this->_errors.' Invalid method:'.$name.PHP_EOL);
}